#intergenerational-trauma

#intergenerational-trauma

People often carry emotional patterns, strengths and vulnerabilities from their ancestors - and there is some evidence that these can be physically passed down.

Black motherhood is a cultural inheritance and a psychological blueprint, often a form of resistance. It's rich in complexities shaped by racial trauma and cultural expectations.

The film artfully explores the interplay of guilt, shame, and yearning across generations, revealing how deeply repressed traumas manifest in the lives of descendants.

Baglin's focus is intergenerational exploitation in the workplace. She gives an impressionistic portrait of a young woman employed at a burger joint in brisk but unsparing prose.

The film is a tribute to the resilience of Native people and their way of life, investigating the cycles of intergenerational trauma and the abuse and death at an Indian residential school in Canada.