Writer and poet Abigail Child has been a lynchpin of American experimental cinema since the 1980s. A recognised pioneer in editing, she focuses on the interplay between sound and image to create, in the words of L.A. Weekly, “brilliantly exciting work”, with a keen attention to form that helps examine established norms around narration and gender.

In Mutiny, she uses a multitude of gestures and repeated movements. At the center are images of women at home, on the street, at work, at school, talking, playing the violin, or jumping on trampolines. The soundtrack is full of accelerated speech, laughter, and violins that screech like falling bombs. At the same time, there are tender close-ups from interviews and beautiful shots of dancers and street performers.