This film is a part of the Unsung Voices 11 shorts programme. Director will be present for the Q&A following the film.
Canada202211 minutesFrench with English subtitles World PremiereDance, Experimental, Women Filmmakers
A dancer breaks the silence of incest by responding to her family archives through dance. In the ritual sacrifice of a papaya, she reenacts her traumatic past to emancipate her adult self.
Dédé Chen
Born in Nanchang, China in 1995, Dédé Chen now lives in Tiohtià:ke/Montreal where she creates works about the performance of filiation. As an anthropologist, she is interested in autoethnography as a source of creative writing.
Rated PG
Content Warning: Trauma, sexual violence
This film is a part of the Unsung Voices 11 shorts programme. Director will be present for the Q&A following the film.
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