The Treasury of Human Inheritance is a poetic film about the experience of living with and alongside disease and disability. Tracing loops, echoes and repetitions across the physical and spiritual realms, ‘The Treasury’ combines documentation of family home movie footage; somatic and religious rituals for death and life after death; abandoned urban architectures teeming with natural growth; celluloid film hand-processed in genetic material; and an analogue synthesizer soundtrack that mimics inheritance patterns of genetic disease. In essence, this is a film about a family – but, more than that, it is a film made from the everyday patterns we embody in order to live through and with one another.
This film will be presented at Paradise Theatre in partnership with The Vega Foundation. A newly commissioned audio-visual performance titled The Treasury of Human Inheritance (Circuits) by Mitchell and collaborator, Luke Fowler, will take place on Friday June 21st at MOCA Toronto.
When you purchase your ticket you will have the option to donate to the Myotonic Dystrophy FOundaiton - an organization supporting those affected by the rare genetic disease the filmn addresses. 100% of your donation will go directly to supporting essential research and care initiatives for those impacted by this condition.