NEWS

THE GENDERCATOR is now being distributed by Canadian Filmmakers Distribution Coop. For festival and educational screenings please contact Larissa Fan bookings@cfmdc.org.

For DVD sales or personal appearances, please contact Catherine here.

Thank you for your continued interest in the Gendercator and all the ideas and discussions fostered by the film. We have several new links on the press page including an interview with Catherine in the Winter 2008-2009 issue of SINISTER WISDOM by Robyn Epstein.

FOUR SHORT FILMS ABOUT GENDER including Vanilla Lament, One Small Step, Pretty Ladies and The Gendercator can now be seen or downloaded pay-per-view in Europe, Asia & Russia on www.Glimz.net.

FALL 2009

BUTTERY TOP a new comedy short co-directed by Catherine and Kelly Hayes has been accepted by 22 films festivals as of Sept 2009.

MACUMBA MACABRE, an educational documentary about Afro-Brazilian spirit healing in Rio de Janiero Catherine has shot and edited for professor Kelly Hayes, will be released in 2010 as a companion DVD with Hayes' book HOLY HARLOTS, to be published by the University of California at Berkeley press.

Film Details

MACUMBA MACAMBRE

Synopsis

Macumba Macabre is a 30-minute, educational documentary about Afro-Brazilian religions. Popular throughout Brazil, but especially in urban centers like Rio de Janeiro, these religions focus on a variety of spirit entities who are believed to be active in the lives of human beings, for good or ill. Ritually summoned from their otherworldly abode through drumming, song and dance, the spirits are invited to “mount” their trained mediums. Ethnographer Kelly Hayes incorporates ten years of video footage of ceremonies and personal interviews with participants to present an overview of this fascinating possession religion where ritual performance replaces scripture.

Distributed by University of California, Berkeley Press as a companion DVD within Hayes’ book, Holy Harlots.