CREDITS:
Director, Writer, Producer and Cast: Jordan Awori
SPECIFICATIONS:
Type: Short
Runtime: 3 minutes 59 seconds
SCREENINGS AND AWARDS:
For screenings and awards contact info@jordanawori.com
How do they see us? (trailer above) offers a contemplation on the voice of marginalised people, reflecting on what this voice is and what it can change. The film addresses the extent to which marginality should be understood and expressed in opposition to an oppressor, pointing to the insufficiencies of any such straightforward binary by opening up a more complex set of positions.
Instead of seeing the voice of the marginal as singular with a unified aim, Awori shows the contradictions of this expression through a play on Freud’s tripartite understanding of the human psyche.
And thus more generally, the complexities of living with but trying to avoid definition in relation to the oppressor, come to the fore. The condition of always being looked at through someone else’s eyes – what Du Bois called a “double consciousness” – means that central to the struggle of marginalised people is the capacities to build their own modes of recognition for their identities and forms of expression.
In opening up this struggle for voice, the film remains ambivalent about the implications of recognition for marginalised people. By performing both the limits of words and their possibilities, Awori indicates the opportunities for collective experience through shared
expression, despite perceived divides.
Director, Writer, Producer and Cast: Jordan Awori
all rights reserved
© Jordan Awori 2022
Necessary cookies are absolutely essential for the website to function properly. This category only includes cookies that ensures basic functionalities and security features of the website. These cookies do not store any personal information.
Any cookies that may not be particularly necessary for the website to function and is used specifically to collect user personal data via analytics, ads, other embedded contents are termed as non-necessary cookies. It is mandatory to procure user consent prior to running these cookies on your website.