Understated beauty and wisdom evoke the innate power of the feminine from the everyday to the mystical. Healing from past trauma and finding one’s identity and path are some of the themes explored in these shorts by women from around the world. Featuring the films JULIETA AND THE MOON, THE STARR SISTERS, MIZUKO, TAMALES Y TUNA, GUJIGA, and WHAT DOES THE WATER TASTE LIKE?
Runtime: 80 minutes
In Japanese, mizuko–– water child–– is used to refer to both miscarried and aborted pregnancies. In addition to this word, there's a Buddhist ritual for grief called mizuko kuyo that allows women to metaphorically return their water children to the sea. Told through the Japanese American filmmaker’s personal story of abortion in the US, Mizuko (Water Child) is a partially animated, intimate reckoning with the impact of the cultural context of unborn life.
- Year2019
- Runtime15 minutes
- LanguageEnglish, Japanese
- CountryUSA, Japan
- PremiereLouisiana
- NoteEnglish subtitles
- DirectorKira Dane, Katelyn Rebelo
- ScreenwriterKira Dane
- ProducerKira Dane, Katelyn Rebelo
- CinematographerKatelyn Rebelo
- EditorKira Dane, Katelyn Rebelo
Understated beauty and wisdom evoke the innate power of the feminine from the everyday to the mystical. Healing from past trauma and finding one’s identity and path are some of the themes explored in these shorts by women from around the world. Featuring the films JULIETA AND THE MOON, THE STARR SISTERS, MIZUKO, TAMALES Y TUNA, GUJIGA, and WHAT DOES THE WATER TASTE LIKE?
Runtime: 80 minutes
In Japanese, mizuko–– water child–– is used to refer to both miscarried and aborted pregnancies. In addition to this word, there's a Buddhist ritual for grief called mizuko kuyo that allows women to metaphorically return their water children to the sea. Told through the Japanese American filmmaker’s personal story of abortion in the US, Mizuko (Water Child) is a partially animated, intimate reckoning with the impact of the cultural context of unborn life.
- Year2019
- Runtime15 minutes
- LanguageEnglish, Japanese
- CountryUSA, Japan
- PremiereLouisiana
- NoteEnglish subtitles
- DirectorKira Dane, Katelyn Rebelo
- ScreenwriterKira Dane
- ProducerKira Dane, Katelyn Rebelo
- CinematographerKatelyn Rebelo
- EditorKira Dane, Katelyn Rebelo