We will learn to call ourselves new names

An examination of the politics of naming, belonging, and cartography. Maps blur and names shift as the filmmaker questions colonial logics of place and identity, asking: how do we rename ourselves in a world that has already named—and claimed—so much?

Emery Joan, United States, 2025, 4 min, in English with English subtitles

About the Artist

Emery Joan is a video artist and writer based in the Pacific Northwest. Her work explores the varying intersections and dissonances between self and communal identity.