Sing for Me

dc.contributor.advisorLongfellow, Brenda
dc.creatorWaham, Sama
dc.date.accessioned2015-12-16T19:24:42Z
dc.date.available2015-12-16T19:24:42Z
dc.date.copyright2015-08-18
dc.date.issued2015-12-16
dc.date.updated2015-12-16T19:24:42Z
dc.degree.disciplineFilm And Video
dc.degree.levelMaster's
dc.degree.nameMFA - Master of Fine Arts
dc.description.abstract"Sing For Me" is a contemplation of the notion of belonging, connecting with heritage in the form of an inherited nostalgia, while investigating the viewpoint of fractured diasporic identities and ethnic solidarity, and meditating on a fading ancient practice that sends its roots back to the depth of Babylonian history. A personal reflexive lens that departs from loss and follows a river to meet Baghdad, the film travels through shared family memory, a collage of stories and old footage that provide a glimpse of Iraq’s modern history and its defeated dreams of a modern and just society, broken by decades of severe dictatorship that have led to a culture of violence, ongoing genocides and religious extremism. The journey is guided by a familiar voice from the past, found on an old audiotape in an abandoned box, to a new exposition of ‘home’.
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10315/30705
dc.language.isoen
dc.rightsAuthor owns copyright, except where explicitly noted. Please contact the author directly with licensing requests.
dc.subjectFilm studies
dc.subjectFine arts
dc.subject.keywordsIraq
dc.subject.keywordsfamily
dc.subject.keywordsMandaeanism
dc.subject.keywordsHistory
dc.subject.keywordsDiaspora
dc.subject.keywordsIdentity
dc.subject.keywordsMinorities
dc.subject.keywordsExperimental
dc.subject.keywordsDocumentary
dc.titleSing for Me
dc.typeElectronic Thesis or Dissertation

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