She pored over the Book of Exodus, finding details that were not part of modern Jewish culture, for instance, that Moses's brother Aharon performed some of the acts that are commonly attributed to Moses, and that the Jews were killing each other during their 40 years "wandering" in the desert. Accepting this as a challenge, she turned to her own Jewish cultural heritage for her next project: a revisionist retelling of the story of Passover. A recurring theme among the negative comments was "how would you like it if people made a film about your religion?" Paley thought that she would enjoy watching any such film. CastĪfter Sita Sings the Blues, Paley was criticized by some observers for co-opting the culture of India as an outsider, an assertion with which she strongly disagreed. The ancient mother goddess is cast in a "tragic struggle" against the new patriarchy.
The Book of Exodus is retold by Moses, his brother Aharon, the Angel of Death, Jesus, and the traditional Hebrew God. Plot After the crossing of the Red Sea, Moses and Aharon lead the Israelites into the Promised Land The film earned the Audience Award at the ANIMATOR film festival in Poland. In Seder-Masochism, embroidered animation is the basis for one scene: "Chad Gadya".ĭebuting in the 2018 film festival season, Seder-Masochism was reviewed positively, with Paley's bright and satirical style compared to Monty Python and others.
With Theodore Gray, Paley formed PaleGray Labs to create a method for animating embroidery, which they call "embroidermation".
Greg Sextro served as sound designer on the film. She also draws from spoken voice recordings she made in 2011 with her father, Hiram Paley, who is placed in the role of the traditional Hebrew deity.
In a similar fashion to her previous work, Paley mainly uses previously published music in Seder-Masochism, with popular and liturgical songs ranging from 1928 to 2018. Seder-Masochism is Paley's second feature film, following Sita Sings the Blues in 2008, an animated film loosely based on the Ramayana. The film depicts these events against a backdrop of widespread worship of the Great Mother Goddess, showing the rise of patriarchy. The film reinterprets the Book of Exodus, especially stories associated with the Passover Seder, such as the death of the Egyptian first-born, and Moses leading the Israelites out of slavery in Egypt. Seder-Masochism is a 2018 American animated musical biblical comedy-drama film written, directed, produced and animated by American artist Nina Paley.
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