Half Memory

^{Half Memory (2024), 30 minutes, Scanned Super8. Colour.

Using Toni Morrison’s ‘The Site of Memory’ as a starting point for interrogation, Half Memory is a languid meditation on memory, conurbations, isolation, and the histories we live among. Oscillating between years, cities, and unfolding images, the film is an examination of the present as an artefact of the past. Shot on Super8 and filmed between the US, France and the UK over the past three years.

Made with support from Arts Council England, Somerset House Studios and Jerwood, with additional support from The Elephant Trust.}

^{All images are stills from Half Memory, © Ufuoma Essi.}