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Vever (for Barbara)

By

Deborah Stratman

Duration

11 MIN

Language

English

Subtitles

French

Country

United States, Guatemala

Year

2019

Diffusion completed
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Synopsis

A cross-generational binding of three filmmakers seeking alternative possibilities to power structures they’re inherently part of. The film grew out of abandoned film projects of Maya Deren and Barbara Hammer. Shot at the furthest point of a motorcycle trip Hammer took to Guatemala in 1975, and laced through with Deren’s reflections of failure, encounter and initiation in 1950s Haiti.

A vever is a symbolic drawing used in Haitian Voodoo to invoke a Loa, or god.

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Direction

Deborah Stratman

Artist and filmmaker Deborah Stratman makes work that investigates power, control and belief, considering how places, ideas, and society are intertwined. She lives in Chicago where she teaches at the University of Illinois.

Camera

Barbara Hammer

Music

Katherina Bornefeld
George Hadow
Teiji Ito

Editing

Deborah Stratman

Sound designer

Deborah Stratman

Other one

Maya Deren

Original Title

Vever (for Barbara)