ALMA
A non-narrative short film tracking the movement of a flock of women through a megalithic landscape. They appear to be working, enacting a cryptic ceremony with a sense of calm & purposeful labor. A score weaving together their breath & hums with sounds collected from the landscape: wind, Rattlesnake grass & their hands rubbing against stone. The women's gestures come from both work & dance – evoking the strange overlap between labor & ritual. This film began as a response to the physicality of daily life as a mother & the rhythm of these acts; the relentless repetition of parenting, working, tending the world with our bodies. This repetition can easily become vacant labor, but it can also transform into a kind of meditative, even transcendent ritual, a collective communion with the landscape & each other. ALMA offers itself as a companion piece to McKenna’s photographic rubbings, a glimpse into the same world from where her art arises.
Year: 2017
Genre: Documentary, Mystery, History, Music, Romance, Family
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Director: Klea McKenna
Cast: Ali True, Belle Bueti, Angela Hennessey, Kim Pierce, Kathleen Harrison, Jessica Niello
Crew: Klea McKenna (Director), Klea McKenna (Cinematography), Dana Laman (Editor), Airyka Rockefeller (Production Manager), Brianna Tadeo (Still Photographer), David Charne (Chef)
Runtime: 9 minutes
Release: Nov 11, 2017
IMDb: 9.00/10 by 1 users
Popularity: 1
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Budget: 0
Revenue: 0
Keyword : dance, ritual, photography, nostalgic, motherhood, curious, meditative, mysterious, non-narrative, gesture, unassuming, dance ritual, serene, serious, grand, bewildered, enchant, familiar, sincere
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