Odyssey, a 7 min short film by 2023 Artist in Residence Jess Atieno, narrates a brief self-portrait of a family awakening amidst tragedy and loss. The film shows glimpses of their lives and pockets of found joy as a family and women finding their voice in the face of life's uncertainty. Atieno weaves together her family's video archive with selected footage from the South Side Home Movie Project, to tell the story in a non-linear experimental fashion. Odyssey invites us into the intimate fabric of their story where resilience and vulnerability intertwine in the dance of life.

The short film will be screened at the Green Line Performing Art Center followed by a conversation with filmmaker Raja'Nee Redmond. Featuring excerpts from Redmond’s film A Long Way from Holmes, discussion will delve into various points of intersection between the two films including aesthetics, matriarchy, haunting, resilience and archival work within contemporary Black life.