Synopsis: Short film on reflection of self and generational connection through the lens of spirituality, decolonization, and the environment. It does so by honoring ancestral lineages, specifically the power and gifts that the women of a lineage pass on. This film seeks to find the art and poetry in seeing oneself as part of a bigger scheme in life, a bigger purpose–belonging to a place, to everything, and being everything while also acknowledging that we are also very small beings when compared to the vastness of the universe–belonging to nowhere and being nothing. This film finds the beauty around us and how we can learn to love our surroundings, our sacred lands, and learn to love ourselves through them and vice versa. It also encourages and sends a message of hope for individuals with indigenous histories and peoples to go back to their roots in order to move forward and live in a way that honors their past, present, and future and commemorates those who have lived like this for generations. It references colonization and in making this film it hopes to decolonize the mind and media that are present nowadays and introduce existing perspectives and beliefs that have been around for a long time. A short film made in hopes of reconnecting, honoring, and loving everything that we are and everything around us while acknowledging our place in these connections and intricate web of life and upholding tradition.

Angie Rocha

Bio:

Angie Rocha is a multi-media artist seeking to connect the Environment, People, and Art based and raised in South Texas Rio Grande Valley. She strives to showcase the interconnectedness of the Environment and the existence of humans in the past, present, and future. Her focus is creating a poetic narrative surrounding BIPOC people that authentically honors their stories and elevates their voices. She also focuses on honoring her own family, community, and surroundings and seeks to instill a sense of love and respect for these connections that often go unnoticed, especially when it comes to the Environment and the human relationship with her. Through film and art, she wants the community to come together and create a narrative where healthy relationships are built within oneself, family, community, and environment.

Statement:

I’m hoping that through this work and through my other art forms, I’m giving back to my family, community, and environment. These three things have been essential to me growing up and are at the heart of all my projects. Growing up, I never saw narratives that had stories and connections like mine, and the thought of pursuing any art form itself was not encouraged. I wanted to become an artist not only for myself, but for all the past generations that could not, for those right now that want to identify themselves in art, for generations to come, and for the environment to see herself present and loved in a poetic way, not just documented and told as a linear fact, but rather an intricate story that showcases her life and generosity. I hope that my films can be a reflection of the many experiences I’ve had, the moments I’ve reflected on, and the moments others experience when given the time and space to feel and heal. I hope my art always encapsulates the message that we are people of the land, we are people of all times, we are connection, we are love, we are and at the same time, we aren’t. This specific film is dedicated to all the women present in my life and lineage, including the Earth, and is an attempt at conveying a message of reconnecting, reconstructing, and re-evaluating relationships through the feminine perspective. It also delves into the identity of self, from blood to insects, to earth, to nothing. A story of self in the perspective of the Universe where we are extensions of that around us and therefore are infinite beings, but because we are everything we must be the nothings in between as well.