A choir of witnesses revisits a disrupted mourning session. The polyphonic narration in pal/imp/sest oscillates between absurd, profound, and found personal stories and footage, all reflecting on how grief rituals manifest. The film examines a series of ruptures, possessions, and dispossessions, regarding and presenting each as geopoetic witnessing of colliding and entangled histories, traumas, and bodies through unfolding violence on Onondaga land, as well as in Afghanistan and Gaza.
- Year2024
- Runtime32 minutes
- LanguageEnglish, Persian
- CountryUnited States
- Subtitle LanguageEnglish
- DirectorZelikha Zohra Shoja
A choir of witnesses revisits a disrupted mourning session. The polyphonic narration in pal/imp/sest oscillates between absurd, profound, and found personal stories and footage, all reflecting on how grief rituals manifest. The film examines a series of ruptures, possessions, and dispossessions, regarding and presenting each as geopoetic witnessing of colliding and entangled histories, traumas, and bodies through unfolding violence on Onondaga land, as well as in Afghanistan and Gaza.
- Year2024
- Runtime32 minutes
- LanguageEnglish, Persian
- CountryUnited States
- Subtitle LanguageEnglish
- DirectorZelikha Zohra Shoja