RA: PATH OF THE SUN GOD
Dir. Lesley Keen, 1990
Scotland. 72 min.
In English.

MONDAY, JANUARY 08 – 7:30 PM
SUNDAY, JANUARY 14 – 5 PM
TUESDAY, JANUARY 30 – 10 PM

A three-part animated feature film on themes from ancient Egyptian art and mythology.

Four years in the making, RA was created and shot entirely in Glasgow by Persistent Vision Animation, Scotland’s only animation studio at the time. The film combines traditional animation techniques with special optical effects to produce a dream-like evocation of Ancient Egyptian beliefs about the Creation and Man’s place within it.

DAWN: The Creation
The first part of the film is given over to the Egyptian Genesis. The Egyptians had many gods and goddesses and creation myths. Ra brings these myths together in a single version and concentrates on the story of Osiris and Isis and their battle with their evil brother Set.

NOON: The Year of the King
Part two shows the intertwining of the world of the gods with that of the Divine Pharaoh, whom the ancient Egyptians believed to be the son of the Sun God Ra. The life of the Divine Pharaoh is depicted as a journey through the rituals which surround his initiation into temple life.

NIGHT: The Gates of the Underworld
In death, the Pharaoh continues his journey in the Underworld in the boat of the Sun God Ra, traveling through the twelve hours of night and conquering the powers of darkness before being resurrected at the dawn of the new day.


Screening with:
TAKING A LINE FOR A WALK: A HOMAGE TO THE WORK OF PAUL KLEE
Dir. Lesley Keen, 1983
Scotland. 11 min.
In English.

ORPHEUS AND EURYDICE
Dir. Lesley Keen, 1984
Scotland. 6 min.
In English.

BURRELLESQUE
Dir. Lesley Keen, 1990
Scotland. 7 min.
In English.