Tonight's program variously explores the process of creating an identity. Anita Chang's Imagining Place (1999, 35 mins, Color, 16mm) delves into the struggle of understanding one's identity, ethnically, geographically, and individually. In To Touch Infinity by Erika Rodriguez (1999, 4 mins, Silent, B&W, 16mm), a young girl copes with failure through self-mutilation. Genevive Leyh's Hairdo (1998, 5 mins, Color, Video) displays the eccentric hairstyles of African-American women, while Ximena Cuevas's El Diablo in el Piel (Devil in the Flesh) (1998, 5 mins, Color, Video) vividly explores the artificial as we see a young woman's eyes fill with VapoRub tears. Yours, by filmmaker Kirthi Nath (1999, 7.2 mins, B&W, Video), examines the difficulty of maintaining one's roots while establishing one's own identity. As her mother moves, the protagonist comes to terms with the final closure of memories of her old home. IntermissionMute Love by Patrice Mallard is an emotional narrative of a young HIV-positive mother who must reconcile her past in order to heal the deep scars formed by her inability to properly care for her child. As Mavis's illness progresses, she realizes the importance of reestablishing a connection with her own mother in order to provide her daughter with a family and a future. Told from a young girl's perspective, this film explores cross-generational relationships and the importance of forgiveness. (58 mins, Color, Video)