About this Event
Reel Sisters - Section I - Rerooted - 5:40 pm-7:03 pm
Meyolotl
Director/Writer: Lorena R. Valencia
Producers: Lorena R. Valencia and Karla Pedraza Jasso
Documentary, 17 min.
After years living in the US, a filmmaker returns to her hometown to document the bond between her family and the maguey plant that has sustained them for generations. As she observes the deep-rooted bond built on mutual care, she questions her decision to leave, yet learns from the plant that her heart can root in new soil and still stay true to where it first beat.
The Balcony in Shanghai Still Burns
Producer/DirectorWriter: Cynthia Zhou
Producers: Cynthia Zhou, Yilun Xiao, Nightingale Nguyen
Documentary, 21 min.
Sixteen years after leaving, a 1.5-generation Chinese-Canadian returns to her native city alone, seeking to reconnect with the place that once was home.
Bien Juntitos
Director: Janine Mapurunga
Writer: Janine Mapurunga and Pedro Garcia
Producers: Pedro Garcia and Gelli Pascual
Documentary, 28:17 min.
While filming the Manitos, a group of Spanish-speaking elders in Sacramento, documentary photographer Janine Mapurunga unexpectedly loses her grandmother in Brazil. Unable to return home to grieve with her family, she finds solace among the elders she is documenting, who openly reflect on aging, loss, and the reality of mortality.
Event venue & nearby stays
651 ARTS, 10 Lafayette Avenue, Brooklyn, United States
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