ABOUT
   
Udval Altangerel is a filmmaker based between Ulaanbaatar and Los Angeles. In her work she explores the themes of personal and national histories, language, and (home)land. She received her MFA in Film Directing from California Institute of the Arts.



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HOW ARE YOU, MY CHILD?




6’40”
HD video
stereo
color
2019
“At times, starts again. Noise. Semblance of noise. Speech perhaps. Broken. One by one. At a time. Broken tongue. Pidgeon tongue. Semblance of speech.”

- Theresa Hak Kyung Cha, Dictee

Written in Mongolia, sent to the USSR, re-discovered in the US - three letters from three generations of women examine how language can function as a site of alienation. In a film that is multilingual, multigenerational, and multivocal, three distinct voices echo each other over the span of thirty years.

2019    Terrain Biennial, Los Angeles, USA