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DITCHWORK

HD & 16mm // 24 min. // 2012

Ditchwork is a filmic meditation on movement, ancestry, and memory. Set in Hong Kong, the film follows a young Eurasian woman grieving over the recent passing of her estranged Chinese grandmother. Haunted by the ambiguous loss, she exercises a series of rituals to both reconnect and release herself from her memory. In doing so she discoveries a supernatural history of her family.

Ditchwork uses intimate physicality, folk-tale themes, and lush imagery to imaginatively fill in the blanks of a family history that is, like every history, both deeply known and unfathomably mysterious.

Recent Screenings

WNDX: Winnipeg Festival of the Moving Image 2012

Marfa Film Festival 2013

Oaxaca FilmFest 2012

New Jersey International Film Festival: Best Experimental Film 2012