In the Picket Family Video Gallery, Floor 2L
Mónica de Miranda (born 1976) is a Portuguese artist of Angolan descent, and this 2022 film confronts the legacy of colonialism in the Central African nation of Angola. Shot along the Kwanza River, the birthplace of the precolonial Ndongo kingdom, the story depicts a woman traveling down the river to the point where it empties into the Atlantic. During her journey, she faces multiple different versions of her past self, each referencing the memory of female freedom fighters who championed the liberation of their people and Angola’s ecological landscape.
This exhibition was supported by the Joel and Joan Picket Exhibition Endowment and the Russell ’77 and Diana Hawkins Exhibition Fund.