Lucifer Falls from Heaven at Dawn(2023)
A bat marionette’s odyssey through colonial mythologies, echoing the xenophobic scapegoating of COVID-19. Puppetry becomes a tool to dissect the "uncharismatic fauna" of capitalism.
Movie: Lucifer Falls from Heaven at Dawn
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