Not a Jealous Bone

Cecelia Condit

1987 | 00:11:00 | United States | English | Color | 4:3 | Video

Collection: Single Titles

Tags: Aging, Death and Dying, Family, Feminism

Invoking a biblical story of life coming from dry bones, Condit constructs an experimental narrative about an older woman’s confrontation with her own mortality after the death of her mother. The bone represents the promise of youth and hope—a promise jealously coveted by the young, but needed more by those grown old. Inverting cultural values, Condit represents feminine youth as a mannequin, and seeks humanity in the form of the older woman, who is reborn by overcoming her fear of death.

This title is also available on Cecelia Condit Videoworks: Volume 1.

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