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THESE OBJECTS, THOSE MEMORIES
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THESE OBJECTS, THOSE MEMORIES
 
NY Premiere

Director: Roger Horn

South Africa, 2015, 29min
Format: Digital
Festival Year: 2017
Category: Short Documentary
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Crew:  Producers: Roger Horn - Cinematographer: Roger Horn - Editor: Roger Horn
Email:  rogerhorn77gmail.com

synopsis
'These Objects, Those Memories' is a split-screen film focused on material culture, specifically, that of three long-term Zimbabwean female migrants currently residing in Cape Town, South Africa. Through an exploration of the objects brought with them, objects sent back to their homeland, objects left behind and their associated memories; stories of joy, loss, and hopes for a return to Zimbabwe are examined.

director
Roger Horn is a filmmaker and post-doctoral research associate at Freie Universität Berlin in the Visual & Media Anthropology MA program. His PhD in Social Anthropology is titled, "Memories, material culture, and methodology: Employing multiple filmic formats, forms, and informal archives in anthropological research among Zimbabwean migrant women" and included several accompanying films which have screened widely at festival such as the 65th International Short Film Festival Oberhausen, 2020 Clermont-Ferrand International Short Film Festival, and the 21st & 22nd Ji.hlava International Documentary Film Festivals.
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