{"title": "The Spirit Compels Her", "start": "2026-10-30T00:00:00-04:00", "end": "2026-11-05T00:00:00-05:00", "place": "BAM", "address": "", "price": "", "price_from": null, "price_to": null, "tickets_url": "https://commerce.bam.org/production/58881", "category": "film", "tags": ["film/horror"], "description": "The Spirit Compels Her: Possession and the Demonization of Women is a film series running from October 30 to November 5, 2026. Programmed by Yasmina Tawil as part of BAM Film 2026, it explores how possession has long been weaponized to demonize women who seek independence and freedom. Its films follow women and girls who push boundaries and find themselves accused of, or truly in the clutches of, possession by demons, witchcraft, or other spirits, ranging from the phantasmagoric to the devastatingly corporal.", "url": "https://noky.io/en/new-york/events/the-spirit-compels-her-51160/", "official_url": "https://www.bam.org/film/2026/the-spirit", "image": "https://noky.io/images/7d1b2f118d8e7858b89c02abc8a3c5053880f3aadcc01b08203b068504f9e82f-2000.webp", "dates": [{"start": "2026-10-30T00:00:00-04:00", "end": "2026-11-05T00:00:00-05:00", "place": "BAM", "address": "", "tickets": ""}], "similar": [{"title": "MISCHIEF NIGHT SCREENING", "start": "2026-10-30T19:30:00-04:00", "end": null, "place": "Alice Austen House", "address": "Hylan Boulevard 2, 10305", "price": "Suggested Donation: $10", "price_from": null, "price_to": null, "tickets_url": "", "category": "film", "tags": ["film/horror", "occasion/halloween"], "description": "An outdoor screening of the silent film HÄXAN (1922), the last of the season, presented at the Alice Austen House. It is held by the Subterranean Cinema Club together with the Alice Austen House, with a live, semi-improvised noise score by Sludgemisers, the experimental collaboration of percussionist Nick Gutilla and multi-instrumentalist Jenno Snyder. Blending documentary and horror, the groundbreaking film explores the history of witchcraft, superstition, and the persecution of women, examining how fear and social power have shaped their treatment throughout history. Aura photography will be available, and visitors are invited to come in costume for a spooky night out.", "url": "https://noky.io/en/new-york/events/mischief-night-screening-50915/", "official_url": "https://aliceausten.org/events/mischief-night-screening/", "image": "https://noky.io/images/26556b1b08d1fb5fe2a1746ba2a82ee79a5302326db73f607a6283b0d5ceb9f0-2000.webp"}]}