Denmark
29'47'', 2024
DIRECTED BY
Emil Victor Hvidtfeldt
PRODUCED BY
UiT - The Arctic University of Norway
CINEMATOGRAPHER
EDITED BY
Emil Victor Hvidtfeldt
Dragging Chains moves between observation and conversation as the apparent obscurity of Grenada's Jab Jab tradition is unraveled. Filmed during the 2023 carnival season, audiences are immersed in a sensorial spectacle of oil, chains, and rhythm, while the stories told by local practitioners provide a backdrop of contemporary interpretation. As the spectacle unfolds, the initial exotic appeal gives way to deeper questions of resilience, protest, and colonial after-effects.
Emil Victor Hvidtfeldt is a visual anthropologist from Copenhagen, Denmark. He is educated in ethnographic filmmaking at UiT - The Arctic University of Norway.