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After the initial live event, the program will be available for on-demand viewing until 12am midnight EDT on 3/31


Recent experimental films that include a sonorous variety of local vernaculars, a kaleidoscopic self-portrait, an expressionist composition, 15 musicians in Beirut, and a call back to Earth-centered feminine wisdom. Kit Young & Allen Moore close the program with a live A/V performance that wonders how expressions of national grief might manifest.


Community Partner: New Media Caucus

A chant to the moon, ritualizing the crumbling effigies of patriarchy, opens the first scene of Venus Rising. A woman is seen summoning new life as she dances in a cloud of microbes. What is hidden becomes visible as her rhythmic and undulating body conjures natural forces. Electromagnetic phenomena cut through the atmosphere; a planetary awakening is taking place and now must be followed through.

  • Year
    2020
  • Runtime
    8 minutes
  • Country
    United States
  • Note
    Amherst, Massachusetts
  • Filmmaker
    Colleen Keough