An Original Screenplay by Sandy Ibrahim
3000 BC - Inanna, the Sumerian queen of Heaven and Earth, defies the Sky Gods and abandons her throne to meet her rejected ‘dark’ sister, Ereshkigal, Queen of the Underworld. After a humiliating descent Inanna is tried and hung for her hubris.
As relevant today as ever.
who are we now?
We are the current incarnation of a species which has roamed this Earth for over 200,000 years. About two-hundred and fifty generations ago, we settled into civilizations. Less than three hundred years ago, we entered the first industrial revolution. We alive today are witnessing and participating in a mass extinction event caused by an exploding population and our unquestioning dominance over each other and the natural world. We are the generations tasked with reframing our understanding of ourselves and healing this beautiful world.
How hard can that be? (smile)
We Dare…
We dare to empty our cupboards of plastic food and tend to our own gardens instead. We are finding the dark places that have held us hostage. Some say we are Gaia’s immune system being awakened by the planet herself. We may make jackets for caterpillars, be lawyers, teachers, architects, mummas, scientists, planners, writers or dancers. Whatever we do, we are faithful to Life and are weaving our threads back in. We are taking this slowly. We listen to the heartbeat of the world. It’s five minutes to midnight and we are finally humbling ourselves.
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about sandy ibrahim
Part poet, part rabble-rousing mystic, Sandy is a so-called Canadian of Egyptian and German descent. She isn’t sure if her grandmothers are cheering her on or rolling over in their graves. After leaving her childhood home at 17, she has been doing her best to minimize harm and maintain a state of reverent bewilderment in a “profoundly sick society.” She lives uninvited on the unceded territory of the Lekwungen peoples, and the Songhees, Esquimalt and W̱SÁNEĆ First Nations (colonially known as Victoria, B.C..)
Of the planets she knows, she likes Earth the best.
“It is no measure of health to be well-adjusted to a profoundly sick society.
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