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From Zom­bies to Can­ni­bal­ism: Find­ing Human­i­ty in Julia Ducournau’s Raw

29 Oct 2018

Words by Grace Lee

Young woman with dark hair wearing a white coat, looking thoughtful and resting her hand on her chin.
Young woman with dark hair wearing a white coat, looking thoughtful and resting her hand on her chin.
Grace Lee search­es for mean­ing amid the so-called mon­stros­i­ty of this superla­tive 2017 horror.

In col­lab­o­ra­tion with Girls on Tops, we’re thrilled to present a new video essay by emerg­ing film­mak­er and ani­ma­tor Grace Lee, whose bril­liant The Baths was fea­tured as part of this year’s Ran­dom Acts shorts programme.

Lee is a tal­ent­ed video essay­ist too, and her lat­est effort is a fas­ci­nat­ing deep dive into one of our favourite hor­ror movies of recent years, French writer/​director Julia Ducournau’s sub­ver­sive 2017 fea­ture Raw.

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The video starts off by exam­in­ing the cul­tur­al shift from ghosts to zom­bies to can­ni­bals, with Lee then hom­ing in on the cen­tral metaphor of Ducournau’s film – a young woman learn­ing about iden­ti­ty, desire and love through the con­sump­tion of human flesh.

Watch the full video essay below, share your thoughts with us @LWLies, and be sure to check out girl​son​top​stees​.com

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