In Soon Come Back, Nande Walters explores memory, or lack thereof, during a trip to visit her grandparents in Kingston, Jamaica. As one of the first US-born children in her family, she reflects on occasional visits to the island through digitizing family photos and videotapes. From her father’s childhood home in Kingston to her grandmother’s childhood home in the mountains of Negril, the filmmaker follows their migrations of leaving home as young adults, using the camera to bridge 22 years of oceanic distance between her, her grandmother, and her ancestral land.
This film screens as part of the shorts program Sometimes I Imagine You a Little Lonely.
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Nande Walters is a filmmaker, artist, and aspiring archivist from South Florida and based in Brooklyn, NY. Her interests lie in creating diaristic documentaries, artist books, poetry, and archival research that highlight personal experiences, family history, and Black studies. She earned a Film/Video BFA from Pratt Institute in 2023 and is currently pursuing a Master’s degree at the Queens College Graduate School of Library and Information Science. Soon Come Back has screened at various festivals worldwide.
