Cycles

1/1/1989Released

1/1/1989Theatrical

1/1/2021Digital
The Criterion Channel

Cycles(1989)

DramaRated 17 min.

As a woman anxiously awaits her overdue period, she performs African-based rituals of purification. She cleans house and body, and calls on the spirits (Orishas in the Yoruba tradition), receiving much needed inspiration and assurance in a dream. The film combines beautifully intimate still and moving images of the woman’s body and home space, along with playful stop-motion sequences. —Jacqueline Stewart, UCLA Film and Television Archive

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PRODUCTION

OriginUnited States of America

Languagesen

CompaniesUCLA School of Film and Television

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