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Five women in their thirties examine their own power in life. “Carla’s relationship to her ‘power’ is a metaphor for my desire to be a filmmaker. What happens when we are confronted with the opportunity to do something we so desire? Do we invite it in or drown in fear?” CHLOË SEVIGNY Carla’s quest to be a “convincing” medium is similar to an artist’s search for self-possession. Sheil embodies Carla with her trademark fearless intensity—a worthy counterpart to her role in She Dies Tomorrow. Sevigny brings Sheil’s visceral acting to the fore in a spellbinding late-night dance sequence, which interweaves phantasmic visual effects with gestural depictions of femininity. Centering female autonomy in a horror framework, White Echo dares Carla to own her powers.
