Center for Asian American Media

Memories from the Department of Amnesia

Memories from the Department of Amnesia

Experimental | 1991 | 12 mins | VHS

Director/Producer

Janice Tanaka

Ethnicity

Japanese

Subjects

Health/Mental Health & AIDS, Women

A personal look at the process of grieving and the way in which memory works and the emotions it arouses; this film serves as an elegy to Tanaka’s mother, whose attempts to maintain balance and security were constantly disrupted by social, cultural, political and personal forces beyond her control.

Recognition
Whitney Biennial, The Whitney Museum of American Art
NEA Western Regional Media Arts Fellowship
Rocky Mountain Film Center
The Neodata Endowment for the Arts

Pricing

College/Institution

Purchase
VHS: $75
Rental
VHS: $30

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