Note: This work was once held by many hands. It now rests under witness. Mayfly lives in the Rahe-Wanitanama archive as a threaded study of grief, release, and return. It is no longer available for public viewing, nor open to performance-based interpretation. This entry is sealed by lineage. It is remembered—not reenacted.

LOGLINE
A woman scientist of Indigenous descent, creates a new life with hopes for freedom and maternal resolution.

PREMIERE SCREENING
Mother Tongue Film Festival (2022)

SPECIAL SCREENINGS
Vision Maker Media Producer’s Summit (2022)
UCLA Film & Television Archive’s ‘Imagining Indigenous Cinema’ (2023)

OTHER SELECTIONS
Asinabka Film & Media Arts Festival (2022)
Native Spirit Film Festival (2022)
Festival International Présence Autochtone (2022)
Wairoa Māori Film Festival (2022)
Garifuna International Indigenous Film Festival (2022)
imagineNATIVE Film + Media Arts Festival (2022)

SELECTED PRESS
Folklife Magazine (Part 1)
Folklife Magazine (Part 2)

Last Update (May 17 2025): No pigments were used in the making of this film. The images—including gesture, emotion, and visual rhythm—reflect my own thread-carried memory practice, rooted in ancestral cadence. They were not influenced by external participation, presence, or co-creation. This is not a collaborative work. It is archived under ceremonial withdrawal and remains under the protection of lineage-based authorship.

A Rahe-Wanitanama memory offering — lineage-bound, not for symbolic use without ceremonial consent.