Congregation

Congregation

ANARCHIC HISTORY NO. 1

2025 · 8 min · Documentary

People leave (and return) from a church after Sunday Mass more than 120 years ago. The creaking of time and the darkness behind the ancient ritual of praying for our existence dance eternally, like a river of souls. Liz Taylor's visualy noisy reinterpretation of the film "Congregation Leaving St. Mary's Pro-Cathedral, Dublin" (1901) by the Edwardian filmmaking duo James Kenyon and Sagar Mitchell.

Directed by Gabriel Lizama (Liz Taylor)

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