Shortfilms

River Rites

Ben Russell
USA, Suriname 2011
12 min
V'12

A trance dance water implosion, a newer line drawn between secular possession and religious phenomena. Filmed in one shot at a sacred site on the upper Suriname River, the minor secrets of a Saramaccan animist everyday are revealed as time itself is undone. Rites are the new trypps; embodiment is our eternal everything. (Ben Russell)

Credits
  • Benjen Pansa
  • Monie Pansa
  • Chris Fawcett
  • Ben Russell
  • Ben Russell
  • Mindflayer
Ben Russell

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