Primal Scenes (1980)
Over grainy, black and white images of a woman giving birth, Montano reads the story of a nun’s sexual self-discovery—recounting Sister Joan’s growing awareness of her body’s sensuousness and sexuality. Primal Scenes is an excellent example of women’s erotica, focusing on a woman’s experience of her body as both sexually powerful and deeply mysterious. Montano uses stirring images of women acting in the rather traditional roles of nun and mother, yet she recasts these roles and demonstrates, from a woman’s point of view, the possibility of claiming a fully-realized sexual intensity for women.
Director: Linda Mary Montano
Runtime: 10 min
Release Date: January 1, 1980
Original Language: en
Keywords
sexuality, feminism, human body, performance art
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Frequently Asked Questions
- What is Primal Scenes about?
- Over grainy, black and white images of a woman giving birth, Montano reads the story of a nun’s sexual self-discovery—recounting Sister Joan’s growing awareness of her body’s sensuousness and sexuality. Primal Scenes is an excellent example of women’s erotica, focusing on a woman’s experience of her body as both sexually powerful and deeply mysterious. Montano uses stirring images of women acting in the rather traditional roles of nun and mother, yet she recasts these roles and demonstrates, from a woman’s point of view, the possibility of claiming a fully-realized sexual intensity for women.
- Who directed Primal Scenes?
- Primal Scenes was directed by Linda Mary Montano.
- How long is Primal Scenes?
- Primal Scenes has a runtime of 10m (10 minutes).