Heretic (2021)

synopsis

This is storytelling at its most personal, its most confronting and naked extreme, conveyed by a surprising mix of tragic/comic monologues, bizarre improvisations, and an assortment of unusual and vivid characters. Juxtaposed with masks, icons, paintings, fetishes and sculptures by the artist, as well as a rich selection of archival photographs, the film follows the artist's life from her eccentric childhood in New Zealand through five children, two marriages, several near-death experiences, and her life-in-exile in Australia.