To My Motherland
Description :
Synopsis:
Blending together both family photographs and home videos, “To My Motherland” is a personal essay that explores the complexities of immigration to the United States and the difficulties of returning to the Peruvian motherland.
Director’s Statement:
This film is based on my experiences this summer visiting family in Peru for the first time in over 13 years and touches on feelings of dislocation as the daughter of Peruvian immigrants raised in the US.