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In the Belly of the Beast

Director: Misra Walker
Year: 2023
Country: United States
Type: Short
Form: Experimental

Late stage capitalism as a horror movie. Marvin Gaye calls out ‘What’s going on?’ Utilising language from Frankenstein and Marx’s Capital, Walker continues Gaye’s questioning, asking: How we can understand our present material conditions if we don’t have the tools to analyse our past?

Misra Walker’s website

Image description: A New York City police car presses up against a translucent, peach-coloured material as if it’s floating in the air towards us. Water drips down. Caption reads: Don’t punish me with brutality.