The Displacement Map
The Displacement Map
2003 / 19:00 / Color & B/W / DV, Archival Film Footage
Directed by Theo Lipfert; Music by Stefan Hakenberg
The Displacement Map is an experimental documentary in which an Ohio shopkeeper’s daily activities trigger memories of a little-known historical event: the forced relocation during World War II of Aleut-Americans from the Aleutian and Pribiloff islands to camps thousands of miles away. This event is a metaphor for how we come to understand events which happen to people far away in time or place. Using contemporary and archival materials, the film suggests that it is through relating historical events to our daily lives that we can begin to comprehend them. The Displacement Map uses music and visual clues rather than words to tell an almost universal story of war, displacement, and relocation.
May, 2004 Filmstock, Luton, UK
May, 2004 Forest Film Festival, Portland, OR
April, 2004 Pusan Asian Shorts Festival, Pusan, Korea
March, 2004 Myhelan Indie Film Festival, Chester, NJ
October 2003 Cinema Paradise, Honolulu, HI (Jury Award: Best Experimental Film, Audience Award: Best Experimental Film)
Sept. 2003 Temecula Film and Music Festival, CA
May 2003 Tribeca Film Festival, New York, NY
April 2003 Kansas City Filmmakers Jubilee (Jury award: 2nd Place, Documentary Short)
Aug. 2002 CrossSound 2002 , Juneau, AK (Live Performance)
Aug. 2002 CrossSound 2002, Ketchikan, AK (Live Performance)
Aug. 2002 CrossSound 2002, Sitka, AK (Live Performance)
May 2003 Second Saturday Series, Chicago, IL (Live Performance)
Jan 2004 Berlin Academy of Art: “America in Berlin 2004” Germany (Live Performance)