Our Body is an Expanding Star

Sweeping across Turtle Island in search of ancient modes of belonging, siblings and co-directors Semillites and Tania embrace their own bodies with a gaze rooted in love and curiosity. Bare skin meets landscapes rich with life, connecting the corporeal with the cosmic. Through dreamlike visuals, immersive soundscapes, and powerful spoken word, this non-linear story reconstitutes collective memory, transforming queer, brown bodies into vessels of ancestral knowledge, joy, and resilience.

Our Body is an Expanding Star deftly challenges harmful narratives imposed on racialized bodies. Deeply introspective and immersive, this autobiographical work expands notions of identity and belonging, reclaiming space for queer and trans people of colour beyond the limitations of external perception.