On its surface, Ca(r)milla appears to be an excerpt from a documentary surrounding the daily life of the owner of a small landscaping business in Trinidad. However, the business is quickly revealed to be a front—the owner, played by the filmmaker’s mother, Camilla, is a hybrid of a vampire and a soucouyant, with her true trade being the import/export of Caribbean soil throughout the Caribbean and its diasporas. Ca(r)milla is a braided essay featuring the voices of both Camilla and that of Dr. Patricia Vincent, a disgraced vampirologist with an explicit focus on vampirism in the Americas and the Caribbean.
This film screens as part of the shorts program Your Home Is No Home.
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Kearra Amaya Gopee (they/them), is an anti-disciplinary visual artist from Carapichaima, Kairi (the larger of the twin-island nation known as Trinidad and Tobago), living on Lenape land (New York). Their work has been exhibited extensively, and their film Artifact #3: Terra Nullius was a THFF21 selection. They hold an MFA from UCLA with a concentration in Interdisciplinary Studio and a BFA in Photography and Imaging from New York University.
