Portland Documentary & eXperimental Film Festival

A Darkness Swallowed is experimental filmmaker Betzy Bromberg’s most abstract and most intimate work - and perhaps her most beautiful in a list of films that have continually shattered and expanded conceptions of beauty. The camera sensually explores a range of hues that go from the golden amber of light reflected through murky waters and resin sculptures, to the light gray and pale green of subtle, fragile Japanese-like compositions. A dark, brooding, richly textured soundtrack echoes the film’s journey through a metaphorical, surreal landscape. Like a whisper, invisible traumas and imaginary memories haunt the cinematic space, sending the viewers back to their own swallowed darkness.