Nobel Nok Dah offers an intimate view into the lives of three refugee women from Burma/Myanmar whose migratory paths cross in Thailand and eventually meet when they resettle to central New York. Drawing upon methods of feminist oral ...See moreNobel Nok Dah offers an intimate view into the lives of three refugee women from Burma/Myanmar whose migratory paths cross in Thailand and eventually meet when they resettle to central New York. Drawing upon methods of feminist oral history and ethno-fiction, the film traces glimmers of subjectivity that complicate any singular narrative of the refugee experience. As camera movements follow the textures of everyday life and work, a weave of sensorial fragments immerses audiences in women's narratives of self, place, and belonging.
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