Hoffman, Philip J2016-09-202016-09-202015-09-172016-09-20http://hdl.handle.net/10315/32102Does the Sand Hear the Waves? is an experimental diary film which follows and investigates the journey of a girl raised in an Eastern culture, but who resides in a Western country. The film is about transformation and adaptation, gaining and losing, memory, nostalgia and building a new self-identity.enAuthor owns copyright, except where explicitly noted. Please contact the author directly with licensing requests.Fine artsDoes the Sand Hear the Waves?Electronic Thesis or Dissertation2016-09-20FilmExperimentalDiaryIranianPersianImmigrantMemoryNostalgiaDreamRealitySurrealExperimental documentaryAutobiographical