Remember (3 min)

Visual Poem by Jessica Sanders, poetry by Joy Harjo, the first US Native American Poet Laureate.

Inspired by US poet laureate Joy Harjo’s poem “Remember,” the film acts as a visual representation of Jessica’s connection of the words, spoken by the poet herself. Harjo’s poem “Remember” stems from native philosophies. She is a member of the Muscogee Creek Nation, and calls on themes of family, interconnectedness and relationships to the natural world which were all inspirations for Jessica’s film. Featured in the film is Navajo contemporary artist Tony Abeyta, and Navajo friends Owee Rae and her son Kier, and Crickett Tiger and Santiago Romero, and sound artist Grace Oh. Tapping into the theme of interconnectedness, Sanders also included three generations of her own family, whose origins are from China, Turkey, Spain, and Germany. The film was created for the 2021 Sun Valley Writers’ Conference.