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Original Film Title: The Migrant Body
Director’s Name: Paula Gil Higa, Cal Hopwood
Writer’s Name: Mario Auriemma Higa
Producer: Haley Bradstreet
Country of Origin: United States
Country of Filming: United States
Language: English
Runtime: 12 minutes
Film Description:
This film examines human migration through the creative lens of PH Dance’s Artistic Director, Paula Higa. Deriving from her personal experience as a dual citizen of Brazil and the United States, Higa researched various motives for individual displacement. People migrate for many reasons, from new life experiences to security, from demography to human rights, and from socio-economic grounds to climate change. Thus, this performance focuses on the meaning of self-discovery by uncovering physical geography, the gap between past and present, and the sense of not having a home. Dancemaker Paula Higa proposes a reflection on who is not a migrant in this world.