Name: Tarantism Revisited
Genre: Documentary
Released: 2024-10-29
Duration: 1 h 45 min
Cast: Birgit Minichmayr

Tarantism Revisited

TMDB NR20241h 45mReleased

Documentary

Apulia, 1959: Women in white dresses dance ecstatically in a small chapel. They jump around, roll on the ground, some even climb the altar. They are said to have been bitten by a spider. Their dancing mania requires a ritual exorcism with music. Pictures like these inspired Italian anthropologists to travel to southern Italy. Equipped with tape recorders, film and photo cameras, they tracked down the phenomenon of tarantism.

Director: Anja Dreschke, Michaela Schäuble
Released: Oct 29, 2024