Cycles (1989) Zeinabu Irene Davis

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)