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STAR TRIBUNE
Will a Minneapolis filmmaker say yes to her spirit guides and become a Hmong shaman?
To help decide, Joua Lee Grande is doing what she does best: Making a documentary about it.
MINNESOTA WOMEN’S PRESS
Joua Lee Grande premiered a partial screening of her ethnographic documentary film Spirited in mid-April.As a queer Hmong woman, she spent ten years of her life trying to find answers to the misconceptions surrounding Hmong spirituality. Her documentary reveals the ways in which Hmong spirituality has been weaponized to harm Hmong women and queer folks.
COLUMBIA MISSOURIAN
The inaugural Confluence Fellowship was announced Friday in a Ragtag Film Society news release. Four filmmakers from the Midwest were selected for the program, each of whom is creating their first feature-length nonfiction film.
