S A R A N G N E S M Y U N G
In Korea, a mudang is a woman who serves as an intermediary between humans and the forces of the spiritual world. In order to bring balance to a community or a person out of balance, a mudang initiates a shamanic ritual in which spirits, ancestors or gods integrate into her.
Director’s comment:
Who benefits from a notion of normalcy that places certain people inside and certain peopl outside of it? How much power does ‘normal’, then, hold? Those who are Other are their own, free to define and explore for their own sake. With this film, I explore what it means to stay true to a voice that, in its full expression, may only be allowed to exist outside of a constructed ‘normal’.