2019 | United States | Experimental

one emerging from a point of view

  • No dialogue 43 mins
  • Director | Wu Tsang
  • Writer | -
  • Producer | -

STATUS: Released

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In overlapping frames, one emerging from a point of view links two worlds, two views. On one side is portrait and myth: the fictionalized story of Yassmine Flowers, a transgender migrant from Morocco who, in Tsang and Flowers’s collaborative retelling, becomes a woman scorned by her family, poisoned by a king, revivified by a goat, then finally settling at the bottom of the sea. On the other is landscape and documentary: the farmers, fishermen, and the rugged coast of Lesbos where migrants have sought refuge, often tragically. In an early shot, goats hesitate before jumping over a shallow creek. Many don’t quite make it, and splash awkwardly before regaining their footing. One emerging from a point of view exists in the space of such leaps, both in the hope of crossing, and in the ethereal beauty that comes from these momentarily blended realms

Migrants MagicalRealism Intertwined Liminal Immersive
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