"Remember" by Joy Harjo / film by Jessica Sanders

“Remember” is a visual poem created by Academy Award-nominated and Sundance-winning filmmaker Jessica Sanders as part of the non-profit Sun Valley Writers’ Conference 2021 programming. Inspired by the first Native American poet laureate Joy Harjo’s poem “Remember,” the film acts as a visual representation of Sanders' connection of the words, spoken in the piece by the poet herself.
Harjo’s poem “Remember” stems from native philosophies. She is a member of the Muscogee Creek Nation, and calls on themes of family, interconnectedness and relationships to the natural world which were all inspirations for Sanders’ film.
Featured in the film is Navajo contemporary artist Tony Abeyta, and Navajo friends Owee Rae and her son Kier, and Crickett Tiger and Santiago Romero, and sound artist Grace Oh. Tapping into the theme of interconnectedness, Sanders also included three generations of her own family, whose origins are from China, Turkey, Spain, and Germany.
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Credits:
Sun Valley Writers' Conference Presents “Remember” Poetry by US Poet Laureate Joy Harjo
Director: Jessica Sanders
Producers: Jessica Sanders and Patricia Seely
Cinematographers: Alice Gu and James Kwan
Editor: Stephen Berger
Music: Grey Gersten
Color: Alex Jimenez at Color CollecKve
Poster Art: Rice Studios
Executive Producers: Joy Harjo, James Tooley, Anne Taylor Flemming
Featuring: Tony Abeyta, Grace Oh, Owee Rae & Keir Tallman, SanKago Romero & CrickeQ Tiger, Taplin/ Tokoto Family and the Sanders/Mock/Poliori Family