Filmmaker Siku Allooloo connects to her mother in the spirit world, reactivating Taíno culture and revealing an unseen realm. Video footage of wildflowers and ocean scenes play out amongst archival materials and ephemera from Indígena: News from Indian America—a pioneering Indigenous newspaper.

In this shimmering homage to a daughter’s heritage, the stuff of culture and nature point to an immaterial world of ineffable belonging. Formed of Super-8 images developed with plants and botanicals, Spirit Emulsion encapsulates unbreakable bonds of family and folklore in eight magical minutes.