“Mom”

This film was created from all found footage and audio taken by my mother. An artist herself who one day dreamt of creating a project with it, 25+ years later I did. This film displays the intimacies of my family dynamics, love, loss and everyday experiences as I re-imagine my childhood. My mother recorded beautifully intimate and painful moments; her father never before talking about WW II, my fathers father’s passing, a reconciliation of my mother with her parents after being disowned for becoming an artist, my late godmother as her maid of honor and life becoming a mother. I intertwine a few present day moments I was experiencing while creating the film because it was impossible to separate these moments while archiving my past. I view this film as a decades long collaboration.