The Possessed

Patricia Werneck Ribas

Netherlands / 2022 / Experimental / 16’19”I2301606

Possessed
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SYNOPSIS

In The Possessed, Patricia Werneck Ribas alludes to the resilience of the Afro-Brazilian religion Candomble in the face of colonial and modernist imposition. The artist juxtaposes fragments of influential texts by European thinkers over footage of practitioners of Candomble carrying out rituals on a deserted Brazilian beach.

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