ekleipsis
VIDEO
(22m; 1998)
Producer, Director, Writer, Camera, Sound, Editor, Voice
VIDEO
(22m; 1998)
Producer, Director, Writer, Camera, Sound, Editor, Voice
An experimental documentary about a group of Cambodian women in Long Beach, California, known as the largest group of hysterically blind people in the world. Hysterical blindness is a psychological condition where one is not able to see despite the absence of physical problems. ekleipsis traces two histories: the Cambodian Civil War and hysteria, to speak about pathology and agency. To transcend what has been described as the ‘eye-searing’ horrors of war, these women cried themselves into blindness.
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MEDIA ARTIST LOS ANGELES, CA
MEDIA ARTIST LOS ANGELES, CA