"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 non-Russian communities in the USSR were forced to go through Russification - the spread of Russian language, culture, and people into non-Russian cultures and regions. Forcing the many minority groups within Russia to accept the Russian culture was an attempt to prevent self-determination 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." –Y.B.
Yuula Benivolski
Director
My Mom Jayne80%
Heart of a Dog65%
Jim: The James Foley Story74%
Sherman's March67%
Brother's Keeper70%
Naqoyqatsi61%
A Plastic Ocean75%
Dawg Fight65%
Rich Hill69%
Ex Libris: The New York Public Library64%I Want to Return Return Return67%
A Love Song for Latasha70%
The Class of ‘9271%The Assassination of Jesse James: Death of an Outlaw66%
Made You Look: A True Story About Fake Art67%
The U.S. vs. John Lennon67%
Black Sheep72%
Return68%
H₂O68%(T)ERROR61%
