Where:
Lightbox Film Center
3701 Chestnut St
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 19104
Admission:
$8-10
Categories:
Film
Event website:
https://lightboxfilmcenter.org/programs/the-juniper-tree
An unsung talent in her lifetime, director, professor and Fulbright scholar Nietzchka Keene’s stark, stunning debut feature The Juniper Tree is loosely based on a Brothers Grimm fairy tale of the same name. Set in medieval Iceland, The Juniper Tree follows Margit (Björk in her first on-screen performance) and her older sister Katla (Bryndis Petra Bragadottir) as they flee for safety after their mother is burned to death for witchcraft. Photographed entirely on location in the stunning landscapes of Iceland in spectacular black-and-white by Randy Sellars, The Juniper Tree is a deeply atmospheric film filled with indelible waking dream sequences (courtesy of legendary experimental filmmaker Pat O’Neill). A potent allegory for misogyny and its attendant tragedies, The Juniper Tree is a major rediscovery for art house audiences.