An all-American-looking young man is kidnapped, flogged and stuck inside a box by a ferocious woman (Lydia Lunch). The inspiration for this allegory of societal repression came from ‘the refrigerator’, a 5-by-5 cube-shaped torture device which Amnesty International claimed was manufactured in the US for delivery to Latin American dictators.
Also in this combined programme
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Menses
Women act out their own dramas in a red-filtered ritual of mutual bonding. A wry comedy on the ironic aspects of menstruation. -
Thriller
This playful feminist murder mystery, a rewrite of Pucini’s La Bohème, has become a classic in feminist film theory. -
Interior Scroll
In a vast underground cave, Schneemann and seven nude women read a text as each woman slowly extracts a scroll from her vagina. -
Sewing Circle
Performance artist Kembra Pfahler invited a camera to witness one of her most radical and angry gestures: sewing her vagina shut. -
Don’t Light My Fire (Otoboke Beaver Music Video)
Japanese punk rock group Otoboke Beaver is a female quartet from Japan. This video illustrates a song that stems from their recent album, Itekoma Hits
Film details
- Country of production
- USA
- Year
- 1979
- Festival edition
- IFFR 2020
- Length
- 21'
- Medium/Format
- Digital
