Voyage of Jeanette

Svetlana Romanova
USA/ Russia | 2024 | Digital | 97 MIN | Sakha, Russian, English

Set in the Yakutian Arctic, Voyage of Jeanette is a compilation of filmmaker Svetlana Romanova's personal notes, both verbal and visual. This essay film explores the intersection between image production and narrative creation. It examines how stories manifest in the embodied history, heritage, and memory of the Yakutian people, as well as within the global public.
AFK | Screenings

Svetlana Romanova: Voyage of Jeanette

Join us at e-flux Screening Room on Thursday, October 10 at 7pm for a screening of Voyage of Jeanette, the latest film by Svetlana Romanova, followed by an in-person conversation with the artist.

Exploring Indigenous identity, visual sovereignty, and the critical reimagining of history, Romanova’s Voyage of Jeanette examines how dominant narratives of Arctic regions are constructed and how they shape understandings of place and self. Set in the Yakutian Arctic, the film interrogates Western perspectives of discovery, contrasting them with the immediate realities of Yakutian communities. Through her distinct visual language, Romanova reflects on the intersection of personal and collective memory, inviting viewers to consider the complexities of identity and the persistence of Indigenous voices in a rapidly changing world.

Voyage of Jeanette (USA/Russia, 2024, 97 minutes)

Constructed out of personal notes, both verbal and visual, Voyage of Jeanette is an essay film that poses questions about the intersection between image production and the creation of narratives, which shape our perception of contemporaneity and manifest in our performances of history, heritage, and memory. The film invites the viewer to ask vital questions about the meaning of peripheries and how western ontologies of discovery and the writing of history are absorbed into, or contrast with, immediate Yakutian realities.

For more information, contact program@e-flux.com.

Date / Time
Thursday, October 10, 2024
7:00PM GMT+0
Location
e-flux Screening Room

172 Classon Avenue

Brooklyn, NY 11205

USA

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Svetlana Romanova
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