When Wisdom Speaks; Another Withering Spinal Cord & The Necessity of Purgation
Synopsis
A meditation on Purgatory. "A figure pushes through the amniotic fluid of whispers of centuries of faith without ever surfacing in When Wisdom Speaks; Another Withering Spinal Cord & The Necessity of Purgation, starkly minimal piece from David Matthew Johnson, a 2024 CineSalon Artist in Focus." - CineSalon
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