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 look into the history and erasure of Black midwives in the American South.


Hear more from producer Flor de oro Tejadda on Nov. 3 from 1:45 PM-3:00 PM for panel Producing Creative Nonfiction and director Imani Dennison on Nov. 4 from 5:00 PM-6:15 PM for panel Towards a Restorative Lens: Healing-Informed Practices in Nonfiction Filmmaking as part of our NOFF2023 Filmmakers Conference.

  • Year
    2023
  • Runtime
    21 minutes
  • Language
    English
  • Country
    USA, Ghana
  • Premiere
    Louisiana
  • Rating
    PG - Parental Guidance Suggested
  • Content Warning
    Pregnancy, childbirth, Death, Racism
  • Director
    Imani N. Dennison
  • Producer
    Flor de oro Tejada
  • Cinematographer
    Cathy Ye
  • Editor
    Stellan Clark
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