I feel like I am from nowhere - short documentary

Most of my family dying before I was born or when I was very young has left me with a sense of blurred, unclear identity and post-memory defined by gaps and blank spaces. Through interviewing my mom about the lives of my ancestors, I have attempted to better understand those who came before me by creating a reposit of second-hand memories from stories, anecdotes, and jokes, as well as records of more traumatic experiences.

I feel like I am from nowhere is a video piece based on interviews between me and my mom about our family history.

The project poses the question of what it means to be from somewhere. The last several generations of my family have had a nomadic lifestyle, as they frequently moved across the country to the point that every single generation was born and raised in a different place. Is it enough to be born or raised in a specific place if you can't build the historical connection of a family's living memory of the space? Are you from a place without a connection to local culture and heritage, and its past is not yours?