Cycles (1989)

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Audience Score
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NR 17 minJan 1st, 1989Drama
As a woman anxiously awaits her overdue period she performs Africanbased 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 womans body and home space along with playful stopmotion sequences Jacqueline Stewart UCLA Film and Television Archive
StarringStephanie IngramZeinabu irene DavisMarc Arthur Chéry
DirectorZeinabu irene Davis
WriterDoris Owanda Johnson

Movie Details

Theatrical Release:January 1st, 1989
On Digital & Streaming:January 1st, 2021 - Watch Now
Original Language:English
Production Companies:UCLA School of Film and Television
Cycles on the Web:Official Website
Movie Tags:
woman director