empathy — posts

in constant translation: w/ caroline mariko stucky

caroline’s personal work explores the various shifts and stages that constitute the movement towards empathy. as with any concept imbued with moral cachet, the temptation is to define empathy and then reflexively judge one’s personal experiences relative to this definition… like love, there’s something ineffably unconscious to the experience of empathy, that logic and language fail to capture, and eludes definition. as expressed in her work, caroline doesn’t seek to define concepts such as love or empathy; rather, through her exploration of complex relationships, her films challenge and complicate our understanding of what it means to empathize, and love.

editorialDaniel ChenMarch 20, 2019empathy, film, filmmaker, language, translation, mixed, mixed relationship, switzerland, japan, lgbtq, queer, love, villain, non-binaryComment

podcast episode 3: like fine silk w/ sandra manzanares

in this episode we sit down with sandra manzanares who is an afro-latina writer and director born in boston, massachusetts, to immigrants from honduras. her short film, like fine silk, has completed its festival circuit and will be online soon. we sat down with sandra to discuss her film as well as her feelings about being afro-latina in the u.s.

our conversation touches upon topics from the politics of black hair, to the african diaspora, afro-latinx representation in the media, the immigrant experience, and radical empathy.

spotlight: sandra manzanares

sandra manzanares is an afro-latina writer and director born in boston, massachusetts, to immigrants from honduras. our conversation touches upon topics from the politics of black hair, to the african diaspora, afro-latinx representation in the media, the immigrant experience, and radical empathy.