Vocal Roots

Vocal Roots
- Artist: Ghinwa Yassine
- Year: 2021
- Duration: 8:00
- Country: Canada
The body holds memory, the land holds memory, and in between body and land, is a whole family history. Can a family lineage be healed through the act of planting a tree? What does a bodily gesture unveil about an ancestral past?
This semi-fictional semi-autobiographical short film is an internal conversation of an uprooted daughter seeking reconciliation with her embodied history. A dis/located ritual, that grants her the ability to remember, forgive, hope, and forget.- Accession #: 7225
- Distribution Status: In Distribution