I illustrated the Plagues with videoclips in 2015, but never assembled still images before. Again, thinking about a book…
Blood
Frogs
Lice
Flies
Murrain (cattle disease)
Boils
Hail (and fire)
Locusts

Darkness
Death of the Firstborn Egyptians
Animator. Director. Artist. Scapegoat.
I illustrated the Plagues with videoclips in 2015, but never assembled still images before. Again, thinking about a book…
Blood
Frogs
Lice
Flies
Murrain (cattle disease)
Boils
Hail (and fire)
Locusts

Darkness
Death of the Firstborn Egyptians
As I contemplate making a Seder-Masochism Haggadah, I chose some stills to illustrate the Passover song “Dayenu”. Song does not reflect my own opinions, etc.

If He had brought us out from Egypt,
and not carried out judgements against them,
– Dayenu, it would have been enough!

If He had carried out judgements against them,
and not against their idols
– Dayenu, it would have been enough!
If He had destroyed their idols,
and not killed their first-born
– Dayenu, it would have been enough!
If He had killed their first-born,
and had not given us their wealth
– Dayenu, it would have been enough!
If He had given us their wealth,
and had not split the sea for us
– Dayenu, it would have been enough!
If He had split the sea for us,
and had not taken us through it on dry land
– Dayenu, it would have been enough!
If He had taken us through the sea on dry land,
and had not drowned our oppressors in it
– Dayenu, it would have been enough!
If He had drowned our oppressors in it,
and had not supplied our needs in the desert for forty years
– Dayenu, it would have been enough!
If He had supplied our needs in the desert for forty years,
and had not fed us the manna
– Dayenu, it would have been enough!
If He had fed us the manna,
and had not given us the Shabbat,
– Dayenu, it would have been enough!
If He had given us the Shabbat,
and had not led us before Mount Sinai
– Dayenu, it would have been enough!
If He had brought us before Mount Sinai,
and had not given us the Torah
– Dayenu, it would have been enough!
If He had given us the Torah,
and had not brought us into the land of Israel
– Dayenu, it would have been enough!
If He had brought us into the land of Israel,
and not built for us the Holy Temple
– Dayenu, it would have been enough!
I’ll be returning to my old stomping grounds of Santa Cruz, CA in October (actually part of a longer North American film festival tour with Seder-Masochism, which I’ll announce soon).

Double feature of Nina Paley animation! Each screening followed by dialog with Zsuzsanna Budapest and question-and-answer with audience.
1pm: Sita Sings the Blues
2009 Dir. Nina Paley
Paley’s award-winning 2009 animated musical interpretation of the Hindu epic Ramayana has earned widespread critical praise, a 100% rating on RottenTomatoes, and continued places on best-of lists. Roger Ebert wrote of it, “I am enchanted. I am swept away. I am smiling from one end of the film to the other.”
4pm: Seder-Masochism
2018 Dir. Nina Paley
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.
Suggested donation: $20 to support the Women’s Spirituality Forum.
Tickets at the door.
AMAZONS ENCOURAGED TO ATTEND!

Brookdale Terrace Club House
300 Plum St., Capitola, CA
Please carpool; parking is limited.
Seder-Masochism is currently doing its film festival rounds. There are a number of festivals lined up this Fall and Winter, most of which I can’t name until they make their official announcements. I really, REALLY want to free the thing online, like, yesterday, but many festivals will disqualify any film that has an “online platform.” Film festivals are the only theatrical screenings it’s ever likely to have, so I’m not going to publicize an online release – even a Free, peer-to-peer one – until its “regional premieres” (which some festivals insist on) are done. If it’s any consolation, this waiting drives me crazy. But I’m going to wait, so that it may see the light of theater screens.
Love,
–Nina
P.S. If you haven’t seen my first feature, Sita Sings the Blues, now would be a good time to watch it! It’s Free all over the place.