Witches Cradle by Nejla Yatkin

Witches Cradle
By
Nejla Yatkin
Directed&Performed by Nejla Yatkin
Director of Photography Enki Andrews
Music by Marcel Khalifé
Edited by Enki Andrews and Nejla Yatkin
  Witches Cradle
is a short dance-on-camera film that pays homage to Maya Deren’s unfinished film, weaving a new narrative of transformation, thread, and embodied memory. Through the body and delicate strands of thread, this work honors the untold stories and the silenced voices of women across history, symbolizing their resilience amidst oppression. The hauntingly beautiful score by renowned Lebanese composer Marcel Khalife deepens the emotional landscape, creating an evocative tribute to the strength and endurance of the female spirit.
Nejla Yatkin

Witches Cradle is in part supported by 
2022 3Arts Residency at The Camargo Foundation
and the 2023 Guggenheim Fellowship Award by the Guggenheim Foundation
Thank you to Marcel Khalifé for provoiding us with the rights to use the music.