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The Magical State

20 September 2018

Run Time

6 mins

The Magical State

Shot in Colombia, The Magical State depicts the possession of a Wayuu woman by a 40 million year old oil demon. Framed as an interrogation, an off-screen male voice challenges the woman, who gazes back directly into the viewer’s eyes, placing a curse on ‘man’, the species who have woken it from geological time. The violence of natural resource extraction—and the resulting violation of land rights—are reflected in the demon’s iridescent-coloured rage and stroboscopic movements.

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Country

Year

2017

Premiere

Dialogue Language

Wayuu

Subtitle Language

English

Primary Contact

Sophia Al-Maria