Occidente

A slow, textured collage of images and sounds that asks you to sit with fragments and piece together their meaning.

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Ana Vaz

Overview

In a spellbinding, textural blend of 16mm and HD video, Ana Vaz refracts the colonial history of Brazil and Portugal through objects, gestures, and contemporary customs.

How it feels

Slow-burning and demanding.

About

Colonialism, memory, power

Content

No violence, gore, sexual content or swearing.

Note

Written by AI, so it can be wrong. Full breakdown

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