SF IndieFest: Matter of Mind: My Parkinson’s + Embers

Matter of Mind: My Parkinson’s

Three individuals – a political cartoonist, a mother turned boxing coach, and an optician – navigate their lives with resourcefulness and determination in the face of Parkinson’s disease. Directed by Laura Green, Anna Moot-Levin, 55 minutes.

Embers

A filmmaker searches for a picture of the Self, formed through words, lives and memories of other people, other beings, redwood trees. Woven between India and Northern California, the film examines the subjectivity of memory and loss, both of family and soil. Directed by Sruti Visweswaran, 25 minutes.