VIRGIN 7:20 ~minute film by ex•tinc•tion wit•ness
VIRGIN documents healing ceremonies in redwood forests of California, using poetry and song to convey a message of compassion for the perpetrator and victim in all of us.
To virgin is to proclaim the greatest human traits.
For this film, virgin is used in the original sense:
“Virgin was a label of strength and independence by being used to describe the goddesses who were immune to
the temptations of Dionysus, Greek god of seduction and wine.
Virginity was once a term of power.”
~Palo Alto Medical Foundation
I chose the title VIRGIN during my own healing process from early childhood incest, as I discovered physical, spiritual, and emotional boundaries I had not known were my to claim just as I reconsidered how we use virgin as a term for intact, old growth forest.