Eclipse in the Garden (2022)

My mother always wanted a garden and now she has one A poem about family genealogy that highlights the relationship between a name and a place Tatars and other nonRussian communities in the USSR were forced to go through Russification the spread of Russian language culture and people into nonRussian cultures and regions Forcing the many minority groups within Russia to accept the Russian culture was an attempt to prevent selfdetermination and separatism As a result my mother a Tatar woman born in Moscow never properly learned her mother tongue or practiced Tatar traditions outside her family home Composed of super 8 home movies YB