Cycles
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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

  • Released: 1989-01-01
  • Runtime: 17 minutes
  • Genre: Drama
  • Stars: Marc Arthur Chéry, Zeinabu irene Davis, Doris Owanda Johnson
  • Director: Zeinabu irene Davis