Imitation of Life

Conceptually informed by Trinh T. Minh-ha’s seminal film “Reassemblage,” this short piece describes an impressionistic encounter with a woman seen from a great distance, who shields her face from a curious telescopic lens whose gaze is confused by an unknown force.

Film Maker
Samarasinghe, Rajee
Year
2020
Country
Sri Lanka & United States
Length
1
Language
none
Category
(De)colonization, Abstraction, Anthropology, Asian, Ethnography
Genre
docufiction, documentary, experimental, Installation, short