Water Ritual 1: An Urban Rite of Purification (1979)

Original title

Water Ritual #1: An Urban Rite of Purification

Directed by

Barbara McCullough

Country

United States

Runtime

6 min

Rating

3.8 of 10 from 4 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

The catalogue in 3D

The film shelves have a room of their own that you can walk around in. The cat behind the counter is the AI Catbot, and they pick real films from the same catalogue when you tell them what you feel like watching. Nothing is for sale, here or in there. Go in from here and this film is already out on the counter, with more like it waiting on the shelf next to it.

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How it feels

This short experimental film shows a woman performing a purification ritual in an urban setting. The work connects to West African oral traditions of preserving history and knowledge.

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What happens

Water Ritual #1: An Urban Rite of Purification is a 1979 short experimental film directed, produced, written, and edited by Barbara McCullough. It is McCullough's first film and is generally considered a pioneering experimental film by an African-American woman. The title card is: "In West African societies, a story-teller charged with maintaining legacies, histories, knowledge and traditions in oral form." (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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