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.
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 |
| Oct. 2003 | Cinema Paradise** | Honolulu, HI |
| Sept. 2003 | Temecula Film & Music | Temecula, CA |
| May 2003 | Tribeca Film Festival | NYC, NY |
| April 2003 | Kansas City, KS | |
| August 2002 | CrossSound 02 | S.E. Alaska |
*Award Winner!
Produced through a unique collaboration between
composer Stefan Hakenberg and Filmmaker Theo Lipfert
composer Stefan Hakenberg and Filmmaker Theo Lipfert