SECS Fest 2022
Spit & Ashes
a Maria Beatty film
Online ticket sales have ended, but tickets are available at the door.
Maria Beatty / United States / 2018 / 73 min
Plays with Machine (2 min)
“Spit and Ashes” is a reimagining of the historical violence waged against women by patriarchal forces in the name of religion, medicine and family. The High Priestess embodies the wild, sexual and grotesque – the un-tamable hunger of female desire and the ultimate threat to male power. The Midwife is the spirit of all women who sought knowledge and agency over their own bodies and paid for their agency with their lives. Through a series of erotic and brutal rituals these women come together to reclaim their bodies and prepare for the fight ahead.
Plays with Machine (2 min)
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