To Write from Memory

Recorded conversations between mother and child play throughout filmmaker Emory Chao Johnson’s latest: a smart and, at times, harrowing exploration of home and the intersecting psychological, material, and cultural forces at play for a young Taiwanese American in the midst of gender transition.

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SHORTS: Close Contact

A phone message, a medical translator, a vocal archive – these shorts explore uncanny communicative touchpoints during quarantine’s many dislocations.