Be'eldiildaahsinil (Abduction Song)

Release Year
2021
Runtime
4m
Genres
Documentary
Directed By
Raven Chacon
Mely Mitchell
Rob Valdez
Be'eldiildaahsinil (Abduction Song)

"Abduction Song" follows an oral account in Diné language, relayed by Chacon’s grandfather, of family lineage resulting from a kidnapping of his great-grandmother from the Navajo homelands. While filming in restricted areas of the Albuquerque International Airport, the camera moves as though it is surveilling the site, creating a disjuncture in time, presenting a generations-old story of abduction while capturing the transit of people in present-day Albuquerque.

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