JENNIFER WOLFE

Los Angeles-based media strategist & technology storyteller

Unleash Your Inner Goddess with Nina Paley’s Biblical Epic ‘Seder-Masochism’ | ANIMATIONWorld

  • By Jennifer Wolfe
  • August 3rd, 2018
From the director of ‘Sita Sings the Blues’ Nina Paley’s ‘Seder-Masochism’ is the biblical epic you can dance to.
From the director of ‘Sita Sings the Blues’ Nina Paley’s ‘Seder-Masochism’ is the biblical epic you can dance to.

AnimationWorld Magazine — August 3, 2018
Unleash Your Inner Goddess with Nina Paley’s Biblical Epic ‘Seder-Masochism’

Nina’s Paley’s new feature Seder-Masochism takes audiences on a wild ride through the traditional Passover Seder, proffering a splendid cornucopia of rich 2D and Flash animation set to musical themes ranging from liturgical to pop.

Loosely following a traditional Passover Seder, events from the Book of Exodus are retold by Moses, Aharon, the Angel of Death, Jesus, and the director’s own father. But there’s another side to this story: that of the Goddess, humankind’s original deity. Seder-Masochism resurrects the Great Mother in a tragic struggle against the forces of Patriarchy.

Besides being the biblical epic you can dance to, Seder-Masochism is a beautifully crafted and entertaining film, neatly laying out Paley’s interpretation of Exodus as “the establishment of complete patriarchy, the elimination of any remaining goddess-worship from older times,” as she describes in an interview with Global Voices.

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Jennifer Wolfe

A Los Angeles-based content producer and media strategist with 15+ years of experience in Media & Entertainment, I bring a broad-scope knowledge of M&E business and technologies spanning visual storytelling, creative post production, and digital content creation and delivery. Fluent across digital publishing platforms, including development and back-end management, I am highly skilled at translating technical workflows into narratives that showcase product features and capabilities.