The Bead and the Furrows
The spirit of a Neolithic man opens his eyes for the first time in 6,000 years. Emerging from his tomb, he finds himself in the present day, amidst the remnants of his ancient kingdom.
A subtle dialogue between dance and archaeology, past and present, The Bead and the Furrows invites viewers to witness the echoes of a forgotten world.
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Sierra Nicole KinsoraDirectorStyx
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Sierra Nicole KinsoraWriterStyx
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Tudi DeligneWriter
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Thomas F KinsoraProducer
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Tudi DeligneKey Cast
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Sierra Nicole KinsoraKey Cast
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Phlippe OllivierMusic
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Fanny Pessel LabbayMusic
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Nolwenn MorvanMusic
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Project Title (Original Language):La Perle et les Sillons
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Project Type:Experimental, Short
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Genres:historical fiction, experimental, dance-film
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Runtime:25 minutes 7 seconds
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Completion Date:December 30, 2024
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Production Budget:6,000 EUR
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Country of Origin:France
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Country of Filming:France
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Shooting Format:Digital
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Aspect Ratio:16:9
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Film Color:Color
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First-time Filmmaker:No
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Student Project:No
Sierra Kinsora is a multi-disciplinary artist and American expatriate based in France. With a ballet and circus background, she began creating dance photography and films in 2013.
Relocating to France three years later, she obtained her BA in Cinema from EICAR in 2019, earning Best Cinematography and Outstanding Achievement awards. That same year, she co-founded the dance company Infradanse with Tudi Deligne. Her directorial debut, Styx (2020), screened at European film festivals, while her photography has been featured in exhibitions and online publications, including Create! Magazine and Francoise Art Memo in 2023.
Sierra’s work bridges dance, film, and visual art, exploring themes of transformation, identity, and mythology.
The megalithic monuments of Carnac, standing for over 7,000 years on the windswept shores of Brittany, France are some of humanity’s oldest mysteries carved in stone. These silent giants mark the dramatic shift from a nomadic hunter-gatherer life to the dawn of agriculture, bearing witness to a transformation that shaped our collective story.
The Bead and the Furrows is a visual poem that seeks to reimagine these ancient relics through dance, archeology, and the raw beauty of Brittany’s landscapes. At its heart is the story of a spirit, awakened after millennia, wandering the fog-laden remnants of his kingdom. The dancer’s body becomes both the voice of the past and the rhythm of time, uniting movement and stillness to evoke the interplay between human lives and the landscapes they shape.
Filming at the Table des Marchands—a Neolithic burial chamber and official national monument dating back to 3900 BCE—was a profound honor. This cairn, with its engraved stones older than the chamber itself, is part of the region’s ongoing bid for UNESCO World Heritage status. Standing within such a historic site deepened my sense of responsibility to capture not just the stones, but the stories they hold.
These monuments are not just relics of the past; they are living testaments to the human spirit, creativity, and the intimate relationship between our bodies and the landscapes we inhabit.
Through this film, I invite viewers to reflect on the interplay of movement, memory, and place, and to see these ancient stones not just as archaeological artifacts, but as vessels of collective memory and imagination.