mama [rose.], an original choreopoem & one person performance.

written, directed & performed by storäe michele, 2021.

storäe’s recent project, mama [rose.], is an afro-futurist queer, circular time-traveling film following the stories of a non-binary teen, Sid, their trans archaeologist grandmother, Mama Rose, and their shared journey toward mending intergenerational wounds.

in part auto-ethnographic, this piece incorporates family history (including secrets around mental health, illnesses, sexuality, and abuse) as retold by their 97-year-old grandmother.

the following are experimental archives as meditations—excerpts from mama [rose.]

1. ceiling | sky: a meditation, archive #293, written & performed by storäe michele. filmed by Elyse Ambrose .

2. a practice in freedom-making, #28. , written & performed by storäe michele. filmed by Elyse Ambrose, song performed by Be Steadwell.

3. planets and stardust, archive #716. , written & performed by storäe michele. filmed by Elyse Ambrose.