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Diaspora & Distance

Films by Larry Achiampong, Basir Mahmood & Suneil Sanzgiri
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Watch the final edition of our film series Fear Eats the Soul with the program Diaspora and Distance.This film program brings together three artists who explore how distance – both physical and emotional – shapes diasporic lives. From Goa's liberation from Portuguese colonial rule to brothers separated between Ghana and Great Britain, and documented journeys of undocumented migrants from South Asia to Europe, the works show how historical traumas and geographical separation shape the present.

All three films use technology to bridge distance: Skype conversations between father and son, modified Game Boy cameras that capture time and memory, and mobile phones that document dangerous journeys. At the same time, they show how the film medium itself creates distance – between the one who films and the one being filmed, between experience and representation. Through mixtures of archival material, personal interviews and reconstructed sequences, the works examine how we navigate between closeness and distance when home is scattered across continents and generations.

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