Couplets for an Everlasting Eve

St. Agatha's Eve is a deep-rooted Basque tradition in which people walk from house to house, accompanied by improvised verse-makers (bertsolaris), singing verses to the beating of long sticks. Building on this celebration, bertsolari Maialen Lujanbio composes a stark denunciation of gender violence. In verse after verse, she condemns the different manifestations of sexist violence and our inability to combat it.

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Promising Young Woman

Promising Young Woman

2020

Incantati

Incantati

2003

The Line

The Line

2014

Trois petits points

Trois petits points

2010

Helen

Helen

2009

Naked

Naked

2002

In My Skin

In My Skin

2002

The Secret

The Secret

2000

Alias

Alias

1999

Surrender

Surrender

2003

The Grub Stake

The Grub Stake

1923

Polina

Polina

2016

Antonia's Line

Antonia's Line

1995

Irreversible

Irreversible

2002

The Dog Who Was a Cat Inside

The Dog Who Was a Cat Inside

2002

Rectoverso

Rectoverso

2013

Marie Antoinette

Marie Antoinette

2006

Children of a Lesser God

Children of a Lesser God

1986

Or (My Treasure)

Or (My Treasure)

2004

Away from Her

Away from Her

2007