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10:24 mins., 2017
Short Film in MOSAIC Feature Anthology
Commissioned by Imagine Science Films: Chimera Experiments. Ten Directors create science driven films, featuring Miryam Charles, Josephine Decker, Alexis Gambis, Barry J Gibb, Ian Harnarine, Noah Hutton, Demelza Kooij, Jeannette Louie, Rachel Mayeri, and Sally Warring. Opening Night Premiere at Imagine Science Films Festival 2017
Realm Of An Inner Child is the 9th Chapter in MOSAIC and is inspired by the research of Dr. Amy Boddy, University of CA, Santa Barbara, and Morgan Firestein, Columbia University
Written & Directed by Jeannette Louie / Produced by Alexis Gambis & Lauren Kaye / Mother: Suzanne Tufan / Microchimera: Dashiell Morss / Music: Seth Simon / Sound: Ric Schnupp
The short film is a tale about fetal microchimerism which explores the complexity of genetic identity. A woman’s daily life is infused with a sense of persistent loss. Her child who died in utero many years earlier exists within her biology as a microchimera. This knowledge eases her sadness as the two will forever be united by a molecular bond. During a brief interlude, they share a discourse that reveals an enduring physiological attachment that has psychological consequences.
SCREENINGS
2023 After Dark: Genetic Ghosts, Exploratorium SF, CA
2017 Imagine Science Films Festival, NY