MY NAME IS NOT AMY
19 minutes | 2024
Against the backdrop of the worst wildfire in Colorado history, a mixed-race Native Bornean filmmaker examines the truth of her transracial, transnational adoption into white suburban America, triggering an awakening that challenges memory, coloniality, and the adopted name she was given.
“I was angry that this community that adopted me and raised me and named me and sculpted me had been telling me the wrong damn story all this time. And then it all burned down.”
—Dewi, in MY NAME IS NOT AMY
still frame: MAKIA MINICH
SCREENINGS & EVENTS
2024.10.31: Adoption Mosaic: Better Together (private screening)
2024.11.02: Rocky Mountain Reels: Climate Change in Colorado Cinema (free event)
2024.11.06: Denver Film Festival (info + tickets)
2024.11.07: Denver Film Festival (info + tickets)
2024.11.17: Decolonizing Adoption & Creative Resistance (info + tickets)
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“As a transracial adoptee this film makes me feel seen. It is the first time I have encountered a piece of art that truly speaks to my experience as an Indigenous transracial adoptee. I hope more people are able to experience this gorgeous and meaningful film. ”
—Melissa, from a private screening at the Sie Film Center in Denver, CO
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