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Ferenj

"A Graphic Memoir in VR"

2020-04-17 en 9m
Animation
“Ferenj” is an afrosurreal dreamscape crafted from the director’s reconstructed memories questioning the meaning of home and identity as a mixed-race, Ethiopian-American growing up amidst cultural dissonance. The viewer is guided through fragments of Empress Taytu (her parents’ Ethiopian restaurant in Cleveland, OH) to the streets of Addis Ababa, Ethiopia by a speculative one-way conversation between the narrator and Empress Taytu – the restaurant personified as the historic empress. “Ferenj” harnesses photogrammetry as a tool to reclaim the 3D scanned spaces and redefine Robson’s relationship to them on her own terms.

Director

Ainslee Alem Robson

Writer

Ainslee Alem Robson

Producer

Ainslee Alem Robson

Producer

Liam Young

Graphic Designer

Ainslee Alem Robson

Sound Designer

Ainslee Alem Robson

identity home memoir dreamscape african american afrosurrealism experimental

Status

Released

Countries

  • United States of America
  • Ethiopia

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