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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The Ballad of Holland Island House

2015

Antonia's Line

Antonia's Line

1995

Cavities

2004

Rhonda's Party

Rhonda's Party

2010

Boys

Boys

2014

Fat Girl

Fat Girl

2001

Bridget Jones's Diary

Bridget Jones's Diary

2001

Virgins4lyfe

Virgins4lyfe

2018

Ikwe

Ikwe

1986

Copying Beethoven

Copying Beethoven

2006

Nowhere in Africa

Nowhere in Africa

2001

When Saturday Comes

When Saturday Comes

1996

A Real Young Girl

A Real Young Girl

1976

20,000 Days on Earth

20,000 Days on Earth

2014

Orpheus

2013

Me and You and Everyone We Know

Me and You and Everyone We Know

2005

The Cave of the Yellow Dog

The Cave of the Yellow Dog

2005

Take My Eyes

Take My Eyes

2003

The Virgin Suicides

The Virgin Suicides

2000

Lingua Franca

Lingua Franca

2020