On View November 11th - 14th, 2020

The Prophetess, 2018 - Sylvie Weber

The Prophetess, 2018 - Sylvie Weber

In Weber’s film, The Prophetess, the narrative is twofold. The story follow two womxn, Furaha and Venantie, who - in spite of having been violated, victimized, and employed as weapons of a male conflict - use their tender friendship as the source of ultimate strength; a strength so great that it empowers their entire community of womxn to set out for a different future. In doing, so they reclaim their own narrative, ability to control their present and write their futures - devoid of societal pressures. In parallel, Weber weaves through the mythical story of Kimpa Vita—the mother of African revolution in the kingdom of the Kongo (1390–1857)—who continues to give strength to this community of womxn centuries later.

Weber says that ‘as a female director, I wanted to make a statement to global sisterhood, that legions of womxn stand beside our sisters in the DR Congo, who are being silenced systematically, who carry the weight of a nation on their shoulders.’