CinemaOSMovie · 2017 · 0h 9m

ALMA

90%(1)DocumentaryMysteryHistoryMusicRomanceFamily

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.

Directed byKlea McKenna

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Status
Released
Runtime
0h 9m
Language
EN
Released
November 11, 2017

Featuring

Cast & crew

10 credited
Starring

Ali True

Belle Bueti

Angela Hennessey

Kim Pierce

Kathleen Harrison

Jessica Niello

Hayden Shiebler

Mojdeh Mansoori

Nicole Zvarik

Steffi Morrison

Creative team
Directed by
Klea McKenna

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