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Memory of a Displaced Body

Memory of a Displaced Body

2024 · 9 min · Animation

A ritual in the form of a film essay that explores, through collage, the sense of exile experienced during early childhood migration. It examines the primal configuration of detachment from one’s homeland, family environment, and body, and the reclamation of origins as a symbolic center.

Directed by Mariana Mendivil · Written by Mariana Mendivil

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