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Smoke Sauna Sisterhood (Võro: Savvusanna sõsarad, lit. ' Sisters of the smoke sauna ') is a 2023 documentary film written and directed by Anna Hints in her feature directorial debut. It is about a group of women who gather in a smoke sauna where they clean the dirt from their ashamed and aching bodies.
In the darkness of a smoke sauna, women share their innermost secrets and intimate experiences, washing off the shame trapped in their bodies and regaining their strength through a sense of communion.
Nov 25, 2023 Full Review Peter Keough Arts Fuse Smoke Sauna Sisterhood is a celebration of healing and the human spirit, a cinematic space rooted in prayer, meditation,...
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Jul 18, 2023 · The Vana-Võromaa (region in South Estonia) smoke sauna tradition ... No story too shameful, no burden too heavy to carry when you share it with your sisterhood…
Nov 22, 2023 · The small miracle of the Estonian film “Smoke Sauna Sisterhood” is that it does more than show us a blissfully safe space; it invites us inside. We learn in the closing credits that the tradition of the sauna in a smokehouse (otherwise used for smoking meat) in the Estonian Võromaa region has been certified by UNESCO as an ...
Oct 12, 2023 · The best and most beautiful film of the week is Smoke Sauna Sisterhood, which largely shows a group of Estonian women sitting in darkness. It’s amazing how much director Anna Hints achieves with...
Nov 23, 2023 · ‘Smoke Sauna Sisterhood’ Review: Women, Uninterrupted In Anna Hints’s bewitching documentary, Estonian smoke saunas beget a sweaty purification process — one that’s revealed to be more ...
