Malavika Rao
பரம்பரை (Paramparai) / Ancestry
5 minutes, 2020
Text | Images | Video
A home movie, in essence, featuring the women in my immediate family. My sister and I explore different archives from the domestic space; heirlooms, photos, objects from our childhoods, and the saree my mother wore to her wedding (the same saree she used as a cradle for me). The saree connects us across time, and through the film it serves as a sort of time machine between mother and daughter(s).
