Documentaries
Intimate explorations of love, resistance, and ancestral wisdom through Indigenous and diasporic lenses
Documentary Timeline
Love as Revolution
An intimate exploration of how love functions as a radical act of resistance within social justice movements. The film weaves together personal narratives and community organizing to examine love as both a healing practice and revolutionary force.
"The final minutes, where I speak about "letting the dead go home to learn what it means to love again," serve as Khadra's opening sequence, triggering deeper ancestral exploration."
Our Ancestors Are Still Singing
A meditation on intergenerational resilience within Indigenous communities, exploring how ancestral wisdom continues to guide contemporary struggles for sovereignty and cultural preservation.
"Following multiple generations as they navigate between traditional practices and modern challenges, revealing the unbroken chain of Khmer knowledge."
Khadra
An experimental memoir tracing a Palestinian-Jordanian's spiritual journey across Arab diasporas to Palestine, weaving ancestral memory with magical realism to reimagine liberated futures.
"A cinematic narrative about Indigenous Futurism that explores the process of letting the dead go home to learn what it means to love again."
Mongolian Nadaam Festival
A short documentary exploring Mongolian agricultural traditions and cultural preservation in Interlaken, New York, documenting how immigrant communities maintain ancestral practices.
"Intimate portraits of Mongolian families celebrating the Nadaam festival while adapting traditional agricultural practices to their new environment in upstate New York."
Documentary Approach
My documentary practice centers love as resistance, exploring how personal narratives intersect with collective struggles for justice. Each film serves as both intimate memoir and political act, weaving together ancestral wisdom and contemporary activism.
Through experimental forms and community collaboration, these works ask: how do we honor our ancestors while imagining liberated futures? How does love become our most radical tool for transformation?
— Māyā Murry, 2025