Tarantism Revisited

Tarantism Revisited

Movie 2024-10-29 1h 45m Documentary

Apulia, 1959: Women in white dresses dance ecstatically in a small chapel. They jump around, roll on the ground, some even climb the altar. They are said to have been bitten by a spider. Their dancing mania requires a ritual exorcism with music. Pictures like these inspired Italian anthropologists to travel to southern Italy. Equipped with tape recorders, film and photo cameras, they tracked down the phenomenon of tarantism.

Status
Released
Studios
EMB – Ethnographic Mediaspace Bern, Petit à Petit Cologne
Country
Germany
Languages
English, German, Italian
Directors
Anja Dreschke Michaela Schäuble
Cast
Birgit Minichmayr Birgit Minichmayr voice-over
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