Water Ritual #1: An Urban Rite of Purification

Genre : Experimental
Water Ritual #1: An Urban Rite of Purification

An original and visionary work, this cathartic film links the present with the ancestral past. A graceful young African American woman emerges from the ruins of a crumbling building. She disrobes, and slowly approaches a sacred offering space. Fully unclothed, Milanda sits on the ground objects representing her deteriorating urban environment as well as a female fertility statue on an altar. In her final act of purification, she dispels the societal ills and frustrations rampant in her body and soul.

Directors : Barbara McCullough
Markets : Experimental
Year Released : 1979
Running Time : 4
Country : US
Original Language : English

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Screenings

Mississippi Museum of Art, 2026
The J. Paul Getty Museum, 2026
National Gallery of Art, 2025
Bangkok Experimental Film Festival, 2025
Museum of Brazilian Art FAAP, 2024
Open City Documentary Festival, 2024
Rockaway Film Festival, 2022
We Wanted A Revolution, Brooklyn Museum, 2017
Cinema Remixed and Reloaded Exhibit, Spelman College Museum of Fine Art, 2007
Tate Modern
L.A. Rebellion: Creating a New Black Cinema Exhibit
No Master Territories Exhibition, HWK, Berlin
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Water Ritual #1: An Urban Rite of Purification

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An original and visionary work, this cathartic film links the present with the ancestral past. A graceful young African American woman emerges from the ruins of a crumbling building. She disrobes, and slowly approaches a sacred offering space. Fully unclothed, Milanda sits on the ground objects representing her deteriorating urban environment as well as a female fertility statue on an altar. In her final act of purification, she dispels the societal ills and frustrations rampant in her body and soul.

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