Halving the Bones + Banana Split (25 Stories)

Halving the Bones  
Dir. Ruth Ozeki. 1996, 70 mins. U.S. Digital projection. 

Banana Split (25 Stories) 
Dir. Kip Fulbeck. 1991, 38 mins. U.S. DCP. 

Before establishing herself as an acclaimed novelist, Ruth Ozeki premiered Halving the Bones at Sundance in 1995. Five years after attending the funeral of her maternal grandmother, Ozeki still holds onto a portion of remains meant for her mother. The film tracks with levity and some imaginatively staged re-creations her attempt to divest the bones while questioning what is ultimately more “halved”: her deceased grandmother or the multiracial identity of the filmmaker herself. Kip Fulbeck’s Banana Split (25 Stories) employs playful editing and fast-paced narration to cruise through critiques of attraction, media representation, and multiracial self-identification. 

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