2023 New Orleans Film Festival

Ancestry in Progress: Doc Shorts

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Mediating on matriarchy, spirituality, birth-giving and ancestry, this collection of hybrid documentary and experimental shorts reimagines and reverts the lens on lineage, and envisions ancestral placemaking as a future reaching back for itself—an archive of world building processes continually in progress.

A genderqueer person in northern California navigates the challenges of first-time parenthood while confronting societal misunderstandings of their identity.


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  • Year
    2023
  • Runtime
    13 minutes
  • Language
    English
  • Country
    USA
  • Premiere
    Louisiana
  • Rating
    PG 13 - Parents Strongly Cautioned
  • Content Warning
    Pregnancy, childbirth
  • Director
    Alex Stergiou
  • Producer
    Alex Stergiou
  • Cinematographer
    Alex Stergiou
  • Editor
    Alex Stergiou
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