offers an intimate view into the lives of three refugee women
from Burma whose migratory paths cross in Thailand and eventually meet when they resettle to central New York. Drawing upon methods of feminist oral history and ethno-fiction, the film traces glimmers of subjectivity that complicate any singular narrative of the refugee experience. As camera movements follow the textures of everyday life and work, a weave of sensorial fragments immerses audiences in women's narratives of self, place, and belonging.
Directors: Emily Hong, Mariangela Mihai & Miasarah Lai
Featured & in collaboration with Nok Paw Bleh, Nobel Htoo & Dah Bu Poe
Screenings
Athens Ethnographic Film Festival, Athens, Greece, 2015.
Human Rights Human Dignity International Film Festival, Yangon, Myanmar, 2016
Bangkok Underground Film Festival, 2016
Centrally Isolated Film Festival, Ithaca, NY 2016
Community venues with refugee audiences in Ithaca, Utica, and Buffalo, New York.
“This was a “new” experience of learning refugee stories for the anthropology students since we focused more on using our senses to listen and see and feel the stories, and I believe this kind of learning leaves a deep print on our beings.”