A Balinese Trance Seance (1979)

Directed by

Patsy Asch, Linda Conner, Linda Connor, Tim Asch

Genre

documentary film

Country

United States

Runtime

30 min

Rating

7.0 of 10 from 1 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

This documentary follows a Balinese spirit medium as she performs a trance seance. It shows her entering a trance state to communicate with spirits for a client.

observationalcalmintimateslow-pacedrespectfulculturalgroundedquiet

What happens

A Balinese Trance Seance is a 1979 documentary film by ethnographic filmmaker Tim Asch and anthropologist Linda Connor that profiles Jero Tapakan, a Balinese spirit medium. It was one of five films that were made with Jero Tapakan and were considered to be exemplary ethnographic films. The film was the first in the series; the later films were: Jero on Jero: "A Balinese Trance Seance" Observed (1981), The Medium is the Masseuse: A Balinese Massage (1983), and Jero Tapakan: Stories From the Life of a Balinese Healer (1983). (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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