Because Goddess is Never Enough (2022)

'Because Goddess is never enough' looks at a woman who fell into the footnotes, lost from history as so many women's stories are, illuminating and reclaiming a woman's story. Tilly Losch was an Austrian dancer who worked with prominent, and cutting-edge, choreographers and artists in the UK and the US, from the West End to Hollywood. She was also a choreographer in her own right, who later turned to painting. Through moving images and poetry the elusive and fragmentary nature of Tilly's life is evoked, creating the spirit of the 1920s-40s when she was at the peak of her fame. The film examines self-worth, the authentic self, and the credibility of creative women - Losch was someone who was at times exploited yet determined to maintain a path of her own making despite the obstacles that were very much present in her era. The parallels of Losch and the way women are still portrayed in the in the 21st century through the lens of the media and by society forms a powerful and thought-provoking statement about female identity. In a visually rich, painterly, and dreamlike film made from thousands of original images collaged together, these layered images consider the complexity of female identity both then and now: highlighting how far women have come in 90 years, and yet how far they still have to go to get recognition and true independence.