Ma

Name: Ma
Genre: Drama
Released: January 13, 2017
Duration: 80 min
Rating: 67

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Factory 25 | Release Date: January 13, 2017 | Not Rated

Summary: In this modern-day vision of Mother Mary’s pilgrimage, a woman crosses the scorched landscape of the American Southwest, to give birth to our savior in Las Vegas. Reinvented and told entirely through movement, the film deconstructs the role of this woman, who encounters a world full of bold, archetypal characters that are alternatelyIn this modern-day vision of Mother Mary’s pilgrimage, a woman crosses the scorched landscape of the American Southwest, to give birth to our savior in Las Vegas. Reinvented and told entirely through movement, the film deconstructs the role of this woman, who encounters a world full of bold, archetypal characters that are alternately terrifying and sublime. Ma is a journey into the visceral and the surreal, interweaving ritual, performance, and the body as sculpture. Role reversal and gender bending leads us to imagine a new ending to this familiar journey, as this virgin mother must not only give birth to our savior, but in the end is challenged to save herself. [Factory 25]… Expand

Director: Celia Rowlson-Hall

Genre(s): Drama

Rating: Not Rated

Runtime: 80 min

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RogerEbert.com Sheila O'Malley

Jan 13, 2017

Ma is more about its visuals than anything else. Read full review

The Playlist Katie Walsh

Dec 1, 2015

Illuminating and fiercely original, if you’re willing to go along on a silent, experimental, dance-based journey of a mother in the desert, Ma is well worth the ride. Read full review

Peter Debruge

Jan 9, 2017

While the entire project seems to be commenting on all the ways that social pressures try to trap or confine us, the cinematic medium has seldom felt as free as it does in Rowlson-Hall’s hands. Read full review

Luke Y. Thompson

Jan 17, 2017

It's audacious enough to warrant attention. Read full review

Mike D'Angelo

Jan 11, 2017

The result is decidedly uneven, but the film’s sheer creative ambition is invigorating. Read full review

Jeannette Catsoulis

Jan 12, 2017

Alternately sexy and silly, galvanic and gentle, MA is best enjoyed as a slide show of visual blessings and, sometimes, bafflements. Read full review

Clayton Dillard

Jan 9, 2017

Celia Rowlson-Hall's Ma has had its subtext dragged kicking and screaming to the surface. Read full review

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