The Vanquishing of the Witch Baba Yaga

Once upon a time, in the dense Slavic forest lived the mythical witch Baba Yaga. To roam too near her hut, perched on chicken legs, was to risk being roasted for her dinner! Then came the turbulence of war, famine and destruction and refugees fled to her woods for shelter, nourishment and sanctuary, banishing her from her domain. Following fairy-tales and personal memories like a trail of bread crumbs, “The Vanquishing of the Witch Baba Yaga” descends into Easter Europe’s haunted woodlands to uncover the secrets and bloody histories that shape our understanding of man’s place in nature. Merging her own mesmerizing material with handmade animation sequences that will take you right back to your childhood mythologies, Jessica Oreck painstakingly builds a meditative, modern-day fairy tale whose fragile beauty is difficult to put into words.