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Languages are carried beyond words, in a glance, a game, or a ritual. Through a disintegrating tongue and a capella songs, we think about the nature of communicating and try to narrate ourselves back to life. Cinema becomes a space to understand survival, selfhood, and alterity. Here, storytelling is an act of relation, and an image speaks the patient language of care.
A broken camera captures my grandmother. Time causes disintegration, wherein different variations and versions of selves emerge. She forgets her native tongue and languages once spoken, mirroring the transformation of living languages (no subtitles).
- Year2025
- Runtime3 minutes
- CountryUnited States
- DirectorZazie Ray-Trapido
Languages are carried beyond words, in a glance, a game, or a ritual. Through a disintegrating tongue and a capella songs, we think about the nature of communicating and try to narrate ourselves back to life. Cinema becomes a space to understand survival, selfhood, and alterity. Here, storytelling is an act of relation, and an image speaks the patient language of care.
A broken camera captures my grandmother. Time causes disintegration, wherein different variations and versions of selves emerge. She forgets her native tongue and languages once spoken, mirroring the transformation of living languages (no subtitles).
- Year2025
- Runtime3 minutes
- CountryUnited States
- DirectorZazie Ray-Trapido