We Begin Again is a program of short films about the transformative power of spiritual connections and personal relationships. The featured filmmakers weave past and present together by engaging with archival materials and enduring cultural mythologies. By channeling the people and traditions their identities are born out of, these filmmakers call forth the past to assert their voice in the present and propel collective memories into the future.

Bruce Conner, Caroline Monnet, and Alicia Smith draw from Christian, Indigenous, and Chicanx ideologies and archival imagery to explore the possibilities for renewal offered in echoes of the past. Cheryl Dunye and Kia LaBeija revisit home videos from childhood to explore shifting ties in their immediate families, while Adrian Garcia Gomez affirms the validity of his marriage by blending hand-drawn animation with footage of himself and his husband. Zachary Drucker and Wu Tsang document bonds with close friends and mentors sustained through performance and storytelling.

We Begin Again screens daily in the McEvoy Arts Screening Room at the top of the hour.

McEvoy Foundation for the Arts