Inner Man

Idemitsu Mako | USA | 1972 | 4' |

| IFFR 2016

An early precursor to her feminist video works on domestic spaces, artist Idemitsu Mako mocks the objectification of women with a hilarious reversal from conventions of psychedelic art: a kimono-dressed woman performs a traditional dance with a naked dancing man superimposed over her to reveal her playful inner psyche.

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