Dragonfly
Julia Morizawa
United States, 2023, 14 min.
In English.
Includes violence.
AIFF Award Winner:
Jury Award for Creative Achievement
A young girl learns of her mother’s survival of the Tokyo Firebombing on March 9-10, 1945 through the eyes of her brother’s spirit.
Director's Statement
DRAGONFLY is inspired by the little-known lives of my maternal grandparents whom I never met. My hope with this film is to raise awareness about a tragic event in history before it, and the people who were lost, are entirely forgotten.
Category: Animation.
Themes: War, Historical.
Thursday, April 18
The Screening Room
6:00pm

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