A triptych installation documentary looped on 3 walls.
In ‘A sentence that ends in a word that starts a new one’ [以开始作结束], Letao mourns her grandmother through language, chess, and ants on the bathroom tiles. This film is a desperate attempt to articulate loving and mourning in a language she cannot speak well enough. The simultaneous use of 3 screens imitates the way a thought is formed- it is a stream of consciousness exploring the correspondence between language and emotional capacity. All scenes are entirely reenactments of actual events- until the unexpected coincidence that brings her to church.
In ‘A sentence that ends in a word that starts a new one’ [以开始作结束], Letao mourns her grandmother through language, chess, and ants on the bathroom tiles. This film is a desperate attempt to articulate loving and mourning in a language she cannot speak well enough. The simultaneous use of 3 screens imitates the way a thought is formed- it is a stream of consciousness exploring the correspondence between language and emotional capacity. All scenes are entirely reenactments of actual events- until the unexpected coincidence that brings her to church.
Premiered at
Doc. Boston Film Festival 2022 | Winner of Best New England Documentary Film
Exhibited at
Cradle to Grave curated by Dante Cokinos 2022
Press
EMERSON TODAY 2022 Grads Pick Up Awards in Screenwriting, Documentary Film
writer/director/editor
2022 - digitalwatch here