SONG FOR THE NEW WORLD

Miryam Charles, Canada, 16mm > digital, 9 min, 2021

A castle, children’s games, the waves of a small coastal village in the Caribbean, an ancient cemetery … [Charles] solicits reality to feed her imagination and translate through the power of cinema her own questions about immigration, family ties, and the feeling of belonging. Lulled by soft Creole tunes, Song for the New World is a true waking dream where the Old and the New World converge, calling for contemplation and the nostalgia of exile.—Jason Burnham

Miryam Charles (1984). 10 films since 2015; screenings at venues including Toronto International Film Festival, Locarno Film Festival, AFI FEST, Berlinale, and trinidad+tobago film festival; exhibitions at The Block Museum and University of Iowa. Films in permanent collections of Pérez Art Museum Miami and Musée d’art contemporain de Montréal. Lives in Montréal, Québec.