"The Sacred Society" Premiere at the Wexner Center for the Arts
Join us for the premiere of "The Sacred Society", an animated short film by Benny Zelkowicz! Benny is an ACCAD Lecturer and a core instructor for the animation track of the Moving Image Production major at Ohio State.
Date: March 4th, 2025
Time: 7:00 PM
Location: Wexner Center for the Arts Film/Video Theater
This mesmerizing 13-minute animated documentary provides a glimpse into a little-known end-of-life ritual in Jewish culture. Using interviews with local members of the Chevra Kadisha, the film explores their deep personal and philosophical reasons for engaging in such difficult work. Employing a highly tactile and visually poetic sand animation technique, the film recreates a tahara, the ritual cleansing of a body before burial, while addressing universal questions surrounding death.
