2019
Sisters is an episode from
the series Armed and Dangerous directed by Anna Scherbyna and Valentina
Petrova.
Members of the Sisterhood
of St. Maria of Egypt are struggling for unequal rights and dyeing their nails.
In a world full of wandering, temptations, and perversions, their duty is to
withstand in a duel with deviant marginals, or otherwise - painfully lose and
replenish the colony of “human garbage”. Can these beautiful and brave women
who have never wear a pants, save their traditional family values from the
threats of the outside world? You will find an answer by watching their
adventures.
Armed and Dangerous is
a platform bringing together a group of artists who work at the intersection of
contemporary art and experimental cinema. The video-series explores the
militarisation of society and, in particular, the attitude of the Ukrainian
youth to violence and weapons by experimenting with video. The images attempt
to reflect the fragile condition of Ukrainian society, which is undergoing
external military intervention in the East whilst also experiencing internal
disruptions caused by the ultra-right movement.
Sisters is
devoted to the female’s anti-feminist conservative movement Sisterhood of St.
Olha, which denies the concept of Gender, postulates the patriarchal
structure of society and struggles for the abolition of the right to vote for
women. But things aren't as simple
as they might seem. It’s hard not to see the desire for
emancipation and power in Oleksandra’s actions, the leader of the movement,
hidden and suppressed behind her puritan humble face. ”Sisiters” aims to
analyze and reflect on the image of the image of anti-feminist activist and
show it in experimental video format.
Учасниці Сестринства Марії Єгипетської борються за нерівні права і фарбують нігті. У світі, сповненому поневірянь, спокус та збочень, їх обов'язок - вистояти двобій із девіантними маргіналами, або ж болісно програти, поповнивши колонію “людських покидьків”. Чи можуть ці прекрасні та відважні жінки, які жодного разу не одягнули штани, врятувати традиційні сімейні цінності від загроз зовнішнього світу? Ви знайдете відповідь, стежачи за їх пригодами.