A sharp interrogation of colonialism and its effects on our living environment and social world presented as a defiant poetry performance. How heavy are lungs, forced to draw in air toxified by war and degradation? In this poetry film, Palestinian filmmaker Reema Saad and Dominic Guerrera, a Kaurna and Ngarrindjeri poet, collaborate to envision a future of liberation, free from the violent legacies of oppression of Indigenous people. Shot around the site of an abandoned ship on Kaurna Land, otherwise known as Adelaide, Australia, Suffocation (2022) questions what sorts of changes Earth would undergo without relenting assaults on the natural world. As flags representing colonial states are removed and destroyed, we are left to wonder how easily air might pass through communities able to thrive with their cultural memories.

In this episode, Reema and Dominic discuss the inspirations and influences behind the film and more.

Fringe of Colour Films is a hybrid arts festival for Black people and People of Colour. Find out more at⁠⁠⁠⁠ ⁠fringeofcolour.co.uk⁠⁠⁠