Feature Film Competition 18+

SEDER MASOCHISM
USA, 2020, 78’

Directed: Nina Paley / Written: Nina Paley / Produced: Nina Paley, Produce X / Cast: Barry Gray, Hiram Paley, Nina Paley / Picture: Theodore Gray, Nick Mann / Sound designer: Greg Sexter 

Loosely following a traditional Passover Seder, events from the Book of Exodus are retold by Moses, Aharon, the Angel of Death, Jesus, and the director’s own father. But there’s another side to this story: that of the Goddess, humankind’s original deity. Seder-Masochism resurrects the Great Mother in a tragic struggle against the forces of Patriarchy.

The director: Nina Paley

Nina Paley (1968) is the creator of the critically acclaimed animated musical feature film Sita Sings the Blues. Her adventures in our broken copyright system led her to join QuestionCopyright.org as Artist-in-Residence in 2008, where she produced a series of animated shorts about intellectual freedom called Minute Memes. Seder-Masochism is her second feature.