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The Elephant Cage
2005, video , 12'23"
Marcia Vaitsman
A woman travels to the island of Okinawa, in Southeast Asia, where her grandparents had emigrated from 86 years before. Instead of finding her origins, she discovers she belongs to a displaced nation, devoid of memory.
Keywords
family
history
immigration / migration
memory
narrative
Okinawa
time
video art