Directed by Adam Piron • 2022 • United States
YAANGNA PLAYS ITSELF is an ode to the memories of El Aliso, the sycamore tree that once stood at the center of Yaangna, the Indigenous Gabrieleno village that Los Angeles grew out from.
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All the Days of May
Directed by Miryam Charles • 2023 • Canada
Starring Schelby Jean-Baptiste, Florence Blain MbayeFollowing the shooting of a documentary on the death of her daughter, a mother reflects on her own life and especially on the passing of time.
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Exterior Turbulence
Directed by Sofia Theodore-Pierce • 2023 • United States
A year of stormy weather and temporal rupture is recalled in fragments in this collage of seizure dreams, horses, long-distance conversations from bed, and loose reenactments from Marguerite Duras’s BAXTER, VERA BAXTER.
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A Movement Against the Transparency o...
Directed by Esy Casey • 2023 • Philippines, United States
In this contemplation on the meanings of movement in the experience of migration, the grace and skill of a Filipina domestic worker are juxtaposed with devotional dances to the Santo Niño statue that Magellan brought to the islands in 152...
