LORDVILLE
Director REA TAJIRI
Countries United States
Duration 67 min
Synopsis
Considering ghosts, the act of walking and demarcations of ownership, LORDVILLE asks “What does it mean to own the land?“ Environmental scientist Tom Wessels reads timelines through physical landscape. Native American genealogist Sheila Spencer Stover gives an account of her relative, Betia Van Dunk, a Minisink woman who married a founder of Lordville but was unable to inherit their property. LORDVILLE examines a once-prosperous town defined by its remote geography and problematic exchanges between Native American and settler communities. The film approaches a historiography based on the reading of environment and its interconnectedness to culture.
Considering ghosts, the act of walking and demarcations of ownership, LORDVILLE asks “What does it mean to own the land?“ Environmental scientist Tom Wessels reads timelines through physical landscape. Native American genealogist Sheila Spencer Stover gives an account of her relative, Betia Van Dunk, a Minisink woman who married a founder of Lordville but was unable to inherit their property. LORDVILLE examines a once-prosperous town defined by its remote geography and problematic exchanges between Native American and settler communities. The film approaches a historiography based on the reading of environment and its interconnectedness to culture.