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FLOW - Directed by Shoko Tamai

  • Feb 20, 2025
  • 1 min read

Project Type: Dance Film

Project Title: FLOW

Brief Synopsis: FLOW is a short four-minute film that explores a taboo.



The word taboo comes from the French Polynesian word

"tapua."


It means sacred blood. With every cycle of the moon, a woman carries the beginning of

the world. Here at last, the women gather to dance the power that lays hidden in the taboo. Renewal Wild and pure, A cycle of creation, Through pain and strength.



Runtime: 4min and 27sec

Completion Date: Last October 30th

Country of Origin: USA

Language: Body language



Credits

Director: Shoko Tamai

Writer: Shoko Tamai

Producer: Shoko Tamai

Cinematographer: Brad Virshup

Editor: Matt Cooney

Key Cast: Dancers

Dandara Amorim Veiga

Niara Hardister

Minami Ando

Xiaoxiao Cao

Isaiah Newby

Maxfield Haynes

 
 
 

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