Story
Survivor testimony and family memory.
The film follows living testimony and family-held memory around a displacement history that has rarely been told clearly in public.
The film
Displaced is being built from field interviews, family memory and archival fragments around a displacement history that has not been publicly recognized.
The approach
The film remains in active field development as new interviews and family histories continue to shape its direction.
James and Pala Kovacs are filming patient interviews and returning to places connected to family memory, allowing the documentary's structure to grow from the people telling the story.
In development, with interviews and location filming continuing in British Columbia.
Project details
- Status
- In development
- Category
- Documentary
- Tags
In development
Field testimony and a story still being clarified.
Displaced brings survivor testimony, family memory, archival fragments and present-day landscapes into conversation.
Interviews with survivors and their families lead the film, tracing how displacement continues to live through memory, home and community.
Archival images and present-day field photography connect those accounts to the land and water at the centre of the story.
The documentary remains in development as more people add their experiences and help shape how this history is told.
Status
Active field development.
Interviews and location work are continuing as families add their experiences to the film.
Imagery
Past and present.
Archival images sit beside portraits, homes, rivers and landscapes connected to the people telling the story.
Additional credits
- A film by
- Pala Kovacs · James Alton
- Production support
- Kelowna Film Studios
From the film
People, places and family history.
Portraits, archival fragments, landscapes and BTS from the documentary's ongoing field work.
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