Screening: Reassemblage

Although I should have paid more attention to underlying meanings to this film, as I go over my notes from the screening section, it seems that I was more attracted by the techniques and some of the details intentionally inserted by the director. First, the film starts with somewhat exotic and at the same time chaotic sound without any visual presentation except total darkness. This seems to disorient viewers from their usual surrounding and take them to a new world. In fact, when some visual presentation takes a part, the setting is in Senegal, Africa; however, this time, there is no background sound (once again, this is not usual for the viewers). There is a narration in English with a voice of a woman. When she narrates, there is still visual presentation, but no sound. The subject of this film becomes more apparent as the film processes. The camera lens seems to have focused on the activities of women in Senegal, possibly including the social and matrimonial expectations. Thereby, the film accounts the social status of Women in Senegal. Repetition and use of jump-cuts visually translates the boredom and mundane life.