Trinh T. Minh-ha’s first film is a reflection on filming in rural Senegal and a critique of the anthropological I/eye. Reassemblage mainly focuses on village women and cogitates on the ethnographic documentary practices while exploring experimental ways of representing native culture. This compound and narration-free visual study entangles together fleeting images, sounds, and music from Senegal, hence challenging any need for meaning.
Trinh T. Minh Ha
Filmmaker, writer, composer Trinh T. Minh-ha is a Distinguish Professor of the Graduate School at the University of California, Berkeley. Her work includes nine feature-length films honored in over sixty-four retrospectives around the world; several large-scale multimedia installations; and numerous books. Her many awards include the 2014 Wild Dreamer Lifetime Achievement Award at the Subversive Film Festival, Zagreb; the 2012 Lifetime Achievement Award from Women’s Caucus for Art; the 2012 Critics Choice Book Award of the American Educational Studies Association; the 2006 Trailblazers Award at MIPDoc in Cannes, France; and the 1991 AFI National Independent Filmmaker Maya Deren Award.