Ina’s Rememberings (2022) | Narrative | 10 min.

Ina’s Rememberings follows the story of the younger ‘Atolan Amis generation as Ina teaches them about land taken by the government. Watch the full film.

Screenings and Awards: MATA Indigenous Film Festival, Official Selection (2023); Community Screening Tour January 2022–March 2023

Smoke of the Sea (2019) | Narrative | 21 min.

The film is set in ‘Atolan, Taiwan, territory of the ‘Atolan Amis Indigenous Nation and was inspired by the encounters 徐碩曼 (Hsu Shuo-Man) had with ancestors while growing up.

Smoke of the Sea challenges ideas of singular truth in science and medicine. The film encourages the audience to remember our ancestors and reflect on the knowledges which they have to offer us. Watch the full film.

Screenings and Awards: MATA Indigenous Film Festival, Official Selection (2023); PTS (2020); Oakes and Louise Prize for Most Outstanding Thesis (2019); Amis Music Festival (2019); Columbia University Symposium on Indigenous Peoples and Borders (2019)

From a Valley of Talol (2018) | Documentary | 11 min.

From a Valley of Talol asks critical questions about the role that the United States played in creating and maintaining a system of child servitude in the world’s first free nation, Haiti. Lona Desir guides us through her story growing up as a restevek in Haiti.

Screenings and Awards: Trinidad and Tobago Film Festival, Official Selection (2018); Reading FilmFest, Best Documentary (2018); Queen City Film Fest, Best Documentary (2018); Flatlake International Cinefest, Best Picture Nominee (2018).

Sam Simonds