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A reaction to the seminal text by Swiss anthropologist Paul Wirz entitled ‘Exorcism and the Art of Healing in Ceylon,’ this high contrast hand processed film considers a history of colonialism and ethnographic practices in South Asia. Memories from my mother’s own elusive past emerge as I begin to locate her personal narrative within ethnographic material. At my mother’s village, I restaged an exorcism once performed on her in the early 1960s when she was a little girl. Possessed by the lecherous entity known as the Kalu Kumara, the Sanni Yakuma healing ritual was performed over a 12-hour period. ‘The Spectre Watches Over Her,’ examines how a history of watching has shaped a cultural perception and identity. The title refers to Paul Gauguin’s ‘Manao tupapau.’ |
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| Ratings: | IMDB: No rating yet | |
| Released: | May 21, 2017 | |
| Runtime: | 14 min | |
| Genres: | Documentary Short | |
| Countries: | Sri Lanka United States | |
| Crew: | Rajee Samarasinghe | |
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