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Learn more- KILLFACE (USA, 16 min) is a conceptual project at the intersection of documentary, experimental film and art. It's intended to create an immersive experience. The film is a sensory, sound-centric meditation on female strength, stamina, and struggle through the visual metaphor of a female fighter. Filmed up close, with no narration, and very little dialogue, the film follows featherweight Muay Thai champion Natalie "Kill Face" Morgan's 'fight camp' training. Privileging the sound of Morgan's breath and keeping her centered in the frame, KILLFACE intentionally limits what we are able to see and hear, and invites audiences to experience an exhaustive and visceral exploration of power. It also puts attention to how gendered violence echoes within the act of observing women engaged in combat, even when it's not present in the story.
KILLFACE was created in response to tired tropes about female strength and what compels women to become strong. The film doesn't concern itself with exceptionalism. Morgan doesn't win or lose. And it doesn't provide evidence about why a woman requires strength. It's not that the project doesn't value her track record, it's just interested in something different. We fully center Morgan in the frame and no one else, we embed ourselves in her process including the in between moments, and reference the women makers behind the lens by heightening their point of view and their gaze.
What happens when we share a story about a woman building power without justifying why? What can we feel and learn anew through an immersive observation of female strength?
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