MA
MA
Celia Rowlson-Hall, 2017
Catalog No.: FTF-066
Length: 81 minutes
In this modern-day vision of Mother Mary’s pilgrimage, a woman crosses the scorched landscape of the American Southwest, to give birth to our savior in Las Vegas. Reinvented and told entirely through movement, the film deconstructs the role of this woman, who encounters a world full of bold, archetypal characters that are alternately terrifying and sublime. MA is a journey into the visceral and the surreal, interweaving ritual, performance, and the body as sculpture. Role reversal and gender bending leads us to imagine a new ending to this familiar journey, as this virgin mother must not only give birth to our savior, but in the end is challenged to save herself.
Written/Directed by Celia Rowlson-Hall
Produced by Aaron Schnobrich, Lauren Smitelli
Executive Produced by Riel Roch-Decter, Sebastian Pardo, Neal Bledsoe, Karl Kister, Mary Caulkins
Cinematography by Ian Bloom
Edited by Iva Radivojevic
Production Designed by Jen Dunlap
Costume Designed by Allison Pearce
Music Composed by Brian McOmber
Cast: Celia Rowlson-Hall, Andrew Pastides, Amy Seimetz, Kentucker Audley, Peter Vack, Matt Lauria, Neal Bledsoe
Festivals: Venice Film Festival, Rotterdam International Film Festival, AFI Film Festival, Maryland Film Festival, Sarasota Film Festival, Sidewalk Film Festival, Ashland Film Festival Melbourne International Film Festival, Munich Film Festival and the Jerusalem Film Festiva
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PRESS
“One of the year’s most original debuts. The cinematic medium has seldom felt as free as it does in Rowlson-Hall’s hands”
- Peter Debruge, Variety
“A silent film that is anything but quiet. MA is a spellbinding and fiercely original cinematic experience"
- Katie Walsh, The Playlist
"It marks the arrival of one of the most unique new voice's in American Cinema."
- James Kaelan, Bright Ideas
"Rowlson-Hall’s talent and gumption are utterly undeniable."
- Glenn Kenny, Roger Ebert
“Astonishing, and easily one of the most brazen and beautiful independent films I’ve seen in years.”
-Susanna Locascio, Hammer To Nail