In the Flesh. 2022. Written and directed by Daphne Gardner Medusa. 2021. Written and directed by Anita Rocha da Silveira

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Medusa. 2021. Brazil. Directed by Anita Rocha da Silveira. Courtesy Music Box Films

In the Flesh. 2022. USA. Written and directed by Daphne Gardner. With Edy Modica, Mo Stark, Rob Malone. DCP. 13 min.

Tracey is addicted to jerking off with her bathtub faucet. When the pipes start shooting out dirty water and she starts leaking black goo, she descends into the basement to locate and confront the cause of her suffering.

Medusa. 2021. Brazil. Written and directed by Anita Rocha da Silveira. With Mari Oliveira, Lara Tremouroux, Joana Medeiros. DCP. In Portuguese; English subtitles. 127 min.

This neon-tinged genre-bender gives provocative form to the overwhelming feminine fury coursing through modern life. Director Anita Rocha da Silveria fuses Brazilian politics, religion, and the myth of Medusa to give us one of the most original films released in the past year.

Mari and her friends broadcast their spiritual devotion through pastel pinks and catchy evangelical songs about purity and perfection, but underneath it all they harbor a deep rage. By day they hide behind their manicured facade, and by night they form a masked, vigilante girl gang, prowling the streets in search of sinners who have deviated from the rightful path. After an attack goes wrong, leaving Mari scarred and unemployed, her view of community, religion, and her peers begins to shift. Nightmares of repressed desires and haunting visions of alluring temptation become undeniable and the urge to scream and release her paralyzing inner demons is more powerful than ever before.

This film accompanies The Future of Film Is Female, Part 4.

Past events

Tue, Jun 27, 2023, 4:00 p.m.

MoMA, Floor T2/T1, Theater 2

The Roy and Niuta Titus Theater 2
Mon, Jun 26, 2023, 7:00 p.m.

Introduced by Daphne Gardner, followed by a conversation with Anita Rocha da Silveira

MoMA, Floor T2/T1, Theater 2

The Roy and Niuta Titus Theater 2

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