MENSTRUAL ROSARY

A music-theater piece

for two women dressed like nuns, wearing bright red lipstick, 

who recite the following rosary with a very repetitive rhythm

Commissioned for the launch of The New School’s

Gender and Sexuality Studies Institute (GSSI) 

Video premiere on April 29, 2021

The video features an electronic score by Stefania de Kenessey, vocals by Jasmine Holland and Aiyana Greene, direction by Cecilia Rubino, cinematography and editing by Anomie Williams, with additional images courtesy of Christen Clifford.

It has won recognition in thirty-three different film competitions since 2022. Nationally, it was selected as a semi-finalist in the Atlanta Movie Awards, Austin International Art, Brooklyn International Short, Chicago Filmmaker, Hawaii International Film, Nashville Independent Filmmakers, Palm Springs Shorts, Portland New Alternative Voices Film, San Francisco Indie Short, Seattle Filmmaker and Washington Film Award festivals. Internationally, it was honored at the Dublin World Film, Edinburgh Film, Florence Indie Film, Hong Kong Indie Film, Istanbul Film, LGBTQ Unbordered International Film, London Indie Short, Madrid Arthouse Film, Melbourne Independent Movie, Milan Arthouse Film, Palermo International Film, Paris International Short, Paris Women Film of Ontario, Prague Underground Film, Rio de Janeiro World Film, Rotterdam Independent Film, Stockholm Short, Sydney Indie Film, International Cosmopolitan Film of Tokyo and Venice Indie Film Festivals. It also won the top prize at the Dallas Short Film and Vienna Indie Film Festivals.