Can't Jemima by
The same story told five different ways by the same person in different skin. Who owns the story? Who is telling the story? And what is it about the marriage of these words with these images that causes us such discomfort?
Five women share their immigration stories, trying to predict which version of themselves is most appropriate for the American gatekeepers.
“Can’t Jemima”...
Five women share their immigration stories, trying to predict which version of themselves is most appropriate for the American gatekeepers.
“Can’t Jemima”...
The same story told five different ways by the same person in different skin. Who owns the story? Who is telling the story? And what is it about the marriage of these words with these images that causes us such discomfort?
Five women share their immigration stories, trying to predict which version of themselves is most appropriate for the American gatekeepers.
“Can’t Jemima” examines how a change in narrator impacts the telling of a story. Sometimes the similarities between the narrator and the presumed owner of a story outweigh the contrasts. To further blur the line, “Can’t Jemima” utilises the 19th century art of cantomime, in which a performer lip syncs vocals that are being sung by another onstage performer.
Which one is your America?
Five women share their immigration stories, trying to predict which version of themselves is most appropriate for the American gatekeepers.
“Can’t Jemima” examines how a change in narrator impacts the telling of a story. Sometimes the similarities between the narrator and the presumed owner of a story outweigh the contrasts. To further blur the line, “Can’t Jemima” utilises the 19th century art of cantomime, in which a performer lip syncs vocals that are being sung by another onstage performer.
Which one is your America?