A Common Experience

I had the opportunity to watch this short film during my first Indigenous Practice class in college and I'm only sorry that I wasn't able to see it sooner. Even though it didn't last more than 10 minutes, it was an extremely profound viewing experience. The intermingling of reality and fiction throughout the film is absolutely perplexing, and I think the reason why this film becomes so meaningful is that we are able to get a very close and real l look at one of the thousands of examples of the consequences of one of history's biggest and most overlooked genocides. But what really got to me was the moment when Yvette Nolan reaches out to her mother as a child, and the mother gets pulled away again, which, in my opinion, perfectly captures how dismal generational trauma can be. This is a true example of what an amazing short film is.