Declared as "mythology's 'Nasty Woman'” by Vice, La Medea re-imagines Euripides’ myth into a Latin-disco-pop-feminist variety show. The pervasive figure of the dangerous immigrant woman who vengefully murders her own children is shattered in this genre-bending multidimensional dismantling that rejects the limited gaze imposed on her for centuries. At once a made for camera live streamed film and an immersive musical, La Medea was originally performed, shot, edited, and simulcast in real time. In-studio audiences and at-home-viewers, commenting in the live chat, acted as the "Greek chorus," bringing the live vulnerability of theater to the screen.
Written, directed, and conceived by Yara Travieso with an original score and libretto by Sam Crawford, La Medea’s screening with #BRICxHome will allow viewers to live chat with the performers and creators of La Medea while the film streams on BRIC's YouTube channel. The screening will be followed by a Q&A with Rena Butler (playing the role of La Medea), Sam Crawford (composer and librettist), and Yara Travieso (writer, director, and creator).
LA MEDEA
A film by Yara Travieso
(2017, USA, 80 min. In English)
Free screening of the film on Tuesday, May 19, 8pm EDT on YouTube Live.
For more information visit: https://www.bricartsmedia.org/events-performances/bricxhome-la-medea-screening
