Not a Jealous Bone (1987)

Invoking a biblical story of life coming from dry bones Condit constructs an experimental narrative about an older womans confrontation with her own mortality after the death of her mother The bone represents the promise of youth and hopea promise jealously coveted by the young but needed more by those grown old Inverting cultural values Condit represents feminine youth as a mannequin and seeks humanity in the form of the older woman who is reborn by overcoming her fear of death