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Begotten is considered by Merhige himself as the start of an unofficial trilogy. There is a prologue to the intended second installment in the trilogy, which is the 14-minute short Din of Celestial Birds, which deals with evolution and premiered in 2006 on Turner Classic Movies, and was shot in similar visual fashion as Begotten.

  • Number of Movies: 3
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Featured Cast

  1. Brian Salzberg

    God Killing Himself

  2. Donna Dempsey

    Mother Earth

  3. Stephen Charles Barry

    Son of Earth

Featured Crew

  1. E. Elias Merhige

    E. Elias Merhige

    Writing, Directing

June 5, 1991

Begotten is the creation myth brought to life, the story of no less than the violent death of God and the (re)birth of nature on a barren earth.

September 5, 2006

Din of Celestial Birds is a surreal odyssey through the evolution of consciousness.

September 30, 2022

A love story about two beings that believe themselves to be ONE. Two alien creatures: completely distressed and confounded by their separation. The film is a ritual enacted, where each find the other across time and space as they try to become the other literally and physically, in the process creating a new utopia, a mythic city where the two beautifully merge to become a new kind of creature, a new form of god.

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