Cycles (1989)

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 Jan. 1, 1989 17 min None+

Genres: Drama, Short

Keywords: tmdb.woman-director, mdblist.imdb-short, imdb.menstruation, imdb.independent-film

Production Companies: UCLA School of Film and Television

Country: United States
Production Country: United States
Languages: English