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Julie Mallozzi’s documentaries explore the interactions between cultures thrown together by history, and between politics and personal stories. She works independently with funding from public television, private foundations, and individual donors. She is currently developing a new film (check back soon for more info!) and working on a number of freelance projects. Her major works to date include the following: |
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A middle-aged woman comes to realize the wisdom she has gained from profound geographical, cultural, and bodily changes in her life. Lalita Bharvani was born in Bombay and spent her twenties in Paris before settling in Montréal. A health condition caused her to lose her skin pigment so that she now appears Caucasian. Over the years, cancer and arthritis have transformed other parts of her body. As she ages, Lalita finds herself shifting from the reincarnation-based worldview of her youth to a more intercultural outlook that motivates her to take control of her health. (in progress)
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Three Cambodian-American teenagers come of age in a world shadowed by their parents' nightmares of the Khmer Rouge. Traditional Cambodian dance links them to their parents’ culture, but fast cars, hip consumerism, and new romance pull harder. Gradually coming to appreciate their parents’ sacrifices, the three teens find a sense of themselves and begin to make good on their parents’ dreams. (65 minutes, 2004)
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A young filmmaker travels to China to meet her mother's family for the first time, and gets caught in a web of politics and history. Weaving together dreams, archival footage, and scenes from her relatives' lives, she meditates on the complications of remembering and forgetting the past. (52 minutes, 1999)
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From 1850 to 1930, over 200,000 orphan children were sent from New York and Boston to find homes in the Midwest. Trains full of kids would stop at small towns where local farmers came to "indenture" or adopt them. This 16mm student film explores this little-known history through the eyes of the last surviving orphan train riders. (15 minutes, 1992)
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