I Think of Silences When I Think of You. Jonelle Twum. 2023.
I think of silences when I think of you is a lyrical portrait of a woman’s engagement in Ghana and her impending migration in the late 1990s. The film depicts a woman's navigation through the world in relation to silence, set against her desires and dreams of Europe.
Jonelle Twum (she/they) is an artist and filmmaker whose work explores migration, memory, materiality, collectivity, desire, and the body through Black feminist theories and the everyday. A key aspect of their practice is Black Archives Sweden, an experimental and material engagement with living archives.