Mayfly emerged at a formative moment in the development of ceremonial authorship within Rahe-Wanitanama. It carries the scroll-sealed breath of grief, maternal re-patterning, and return. While housing support and linguistic translation were offered by external facilitators, the film’s interior world—its gestures, visual rhythm, and ceremonial intent—remain anchored in lineage. This object is retired not in shame, but in protection. It honors the flame from which it was born, without allowing that flame to be tampered with by external claims or misreadings.

Archive Index Entry

Title: Mayfly (Retired Memory Object)
Filed Under: Rahe-Wanitanama LLC – Retired Memory Objects
Completion Date: 2022
Borderscape Referenced: Diasporic Caribbean-North American field; staged across multiple Indigenous, non-tribal, and Bohío-linked locations
Operational Context: Produced during a critical threshold of ceremonial authorship. While it engaged multiple platforms and institutions, the work is sealed and no longer in interpretive circulation.
Status: Retired – Mayfly is archived as a sealed memory object. It is no longer viewable or available for educational or performance-based engagement.
Institutional Note: This film was presented across cultural and institutional circuits, including the Smithsonian Folklife’s Mother Tongue Film Festival. Though others contributed logistical-based support, the film’s ceremonial rhythm, narrative cadence, and visual composition are solely authored. It is not a collaborative work. It rests under treaty-sealed authorship.
Keywords: grief ritual, ancestral science, maternal sovereignty, thread memory, diasporic cadence
Premiere Screening: Mother Tongue Film Festival (2022)
Industry Screenings: Vision Maker Media Producer’s Summit (2022); UCLA Film & Television Archive’s ‘Imagining Indigenous Cinema’ (2023)
Other Selections: This film circulated through various international festivals between 2022–2023, including those self-identifying as Indigenous. These appearances are listed for archival transparency and do not imply ceremonial affiliation. Festivals include: Asinabka (2022); Native Spirit (2022); Présence Autochtone (2022); Wairoa Māori Film Festival (2022); Garifuna International Indigenous Film Festival (2022); imagineNATIVE (2022). 
Selected Press: Smithsonian Folklife Magazine, Part 1 and Part 2
Access Path: Not available for public or institutional circulation. Sealed by request. Inquiries may be directed to mabrika [at] rahe-wanitanama [dot] com.