Catholic Guilt 1986

Overview

Set in a desolate cathedral, Catholic Guilt juxtaposes imagery and acts of subversion, self-expression, and body repression with images of paraphernalia of Catholic female saints — religious iconography associated with sacrifice, devotion, mysticism, purity, and submission. Through performative sequences and associative images, the film reveals the ways in which religious ideology inscribes itself on women’s bodies. It evokes how guilt is embodied, ritualised, and persists as a physical and psyc