Tarantism Revisited
Overview
Apulia, 1959: Women in white dresses dance ecstatically in a small chapel. They jump around, roll on the ground, some even climb the altar. They are said to have been bitten by a spider. Their dancing mania requires a ritual exorcism with music. Pictures like these inspired Italian anthropologists to travel to southern Italy. Equipped with tape recorders, film and photo cameras, they tracked down the phenomenon of tarantism.
About Tarantism Revisited (2024)
Released in 2024, Tarantism Revisited is a documentary film from EMB – Ethnographic Mediaspace Bern (Germany). It was directed by Anja Dreschke and Michaela Schäuble and written by Michaela Schäuble and Anja Dreschke. The cast is led by Birgit Minichmayr. With a runtime of 1h 45m, the film is available in full HD.
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