I find it interesting the ways in which people choose to tell their stories or even choose to represent themselves. I felt KJ choose a really unique way to sum up some of her most important and influential moments of her career, in a way that also reflects who she is. I was also captivated by the use of montage and how she paired images and sequences together for new ideas without even developing a formal plot line. I think the editing was breathtaking for this and really emphasized her talents as a cinematographer.
A lot of what I saw and heard from this screening I have taken into account for my own work as a filmmaker and really made me think about the art of our experiences and even if we use our experiences to tell a compelling story for the sake of awareness and activism, we can still make art of it. I never really saw my story as something I could make beautiful even if it is not the happiest of times for my country. This really made me want to apply montage style editing and filmmaking to a documentary I am currently working on and I’m glad I was able to use this film as an example and to build on what I would like to do.
Lastly, I love speakers such as KJ, because it shows how cool filmmakers themselves can be. I feel the way we look at film itself vs the people who create it are on different sides of the spectrum, but obviously if something as cool as filmmaking is someone’s passion, they’re bound to be dope!