Bodies in Motion

glenda drew

About the film

Bodies In Motion is an experimental film that weaves together found footage and live, altered imagery of hands playing the piano to examine the intersections of feminism, labor, immigration, war, and history. The recurring gesture of the hands working, practicing and repeating becomes both intimate and political, echoing unseen forms of concern, discipline and survival in times of concern, conflict and displacement. By fragmenting and recontextualizing archival material alongside manipulated contemporary footage, the film disrupts linear narratives of progress and authorship, foregrounding bodies that are often rendered invisible or anonymous.

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