Cycles (1989)

As a woman anxiously awaits her overdue period, she performs African-based rituals of purification. She cleans house and body, and calls on the spirits (Orishas in the Yoruba tradition), receiving much needed inspiration and assurance in a dream. The film combines beautifully intimate still and moving images of the woman’s body and home space, along with playful stop-motion sequences. —Jacqueline Stewart, UCLA Film and Television Archive

• Release Date: 1989-01-01
• Runtime: 0h 17min
• Production Company: UCLA School of Film and Television
• Production Country: United States of America
• Director: Zeinabu irene Davis