2024 | Nicaragua | Short

Prayer for Tending Death

  • Spanish, Matagalpa, Chontal - 12 mins
  • Director | Elyla
  • Writer | Elyla, Tamara Espinoza, Freidell Urbina
  • Producer | Elyla

STATUS: Completed

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A queer performance for transforming violence into healing. A traditional dance and its costumes to counter colonial legacies. A peaceful ritual for diluting the imposing masculinity of the cockfighting arena, their sharp damaging spurs, their intense cigar sucking. The Nicaraguan multidisciplinary artist Elyla, amidst masks and fumes, creates a purifying and festive prayer, a serene ceremony of alternativity for tending death.

Short Film Queer Performance Ritual Anti-Colonial Nicaraguan Cinema
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