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Vever (for Barbara)
By
Deborah StratmanDuration
11 MIN
Language
English
Subtitles
French
Country
United States, Guatemala
Year
2019
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.
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)