The Ever Deadly TANYA TAGAQ
IT’S ONE A.M. THE LIGHT IS BEAUTIFUL, CLEAR, and blue. Two women stand close to each other on land overlooking the sea. They look deeply into each other’s eyes, moving together, just slightly apart as they sing. We can pick out the sounds of animals and birds. Their music is play, foreplay, tradition, expertise. The song ends in release, a laugh, a smile.
The terrain around them is vast, but thanks to the cinematographer, we feel as if we are standing right beside them. The camera loves the singers, one slightly smaller than the other, swaying to the rhythm of the music. The somewhat taller one, Laakkuluk Williamson Bathory, is a performer of exceptional power. She has to be: Her sensuous expressions of connection and joy are, the new film from Tanya Tagaq and her co-director, Chelsea McMullan.
