Yuula Benivolski

"My mother always wanted a garden, and now she has one. A poem about family genealogy that highlights the relationship between a name and a place. *** Tatars and other non-Russian communities in the USSR were forced to go through Russification - the spread of Russian language, culture, and people into non-Russian cultures and regions. Forcing the many minority groups within Russia to accept the Russian culture was an attempt to prevent self-determination and separatism. As a result my mother, a Tatar woman born in Moscow, never properly learned her mother tongue or practiced Tatar traditions outside her family home. Composed of super 8 home movies." –Y.B.

Una mujer joven se sienta sola en una mesa y, silenciosamente, se centra en un conjunto de vasos medio llenos. Lo que transpira es una experiencia sensorial intensa que es a la vez hermosa, misteriosa e inquietante. Todo se interrumpe cuando entra en la habitación un inesperado personaje.