# animate! › Films › Cage of Flame by Kayla Parker

Canonical: https://animate.org.uk/films/cageofflame/

Discovery terms: 1990s animation, pixilation, stop-motion animation, cut-out animation, direct animation, hand-drawn animation, menstruation, the body, dreams, experimental short film, filmmaker, artist filmmaker

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**Cage of Flame** a film by Kayla Parker

[Kayla Parker](https://www.kaylaparker.co.uk/)

1992, 9 min 45 sec

[Film / embedded media](https://player.vimeo.com/video/991796)

![Cage of Flame, still](https://animate.org.uk/stillslarge/cageofflame10.jpg)

### a film by Kayla Parker

### animate! synopsis

A dream life of angels. What wings really mean. The wise wound and its belly music. Desire is vulvic and creativity claims the calendar of bodies.

### key credits

**director**
Kayla Parker

**performer**
Nakinda Parker

**lighting camera**
Stuart Moore

**animation**
Kayla Parker

**editor**
Kayla Parker

**dubbing mixer**
Paul Roberts

**Cage of Flame** film, stills and other materials © Kayla Parker 1992