Heaven Rain Flows Sweetly
Shasha, a nomad who has moved frequently, arrives in Cascadian Oregon. Somehow, the smell of rain here reminds her of the Himalayan foothills from where she originally came. She grows an abundant garden, yet the sky suddenly rains ashes in autumn. Wildfires have erupted around the state, and the smog keeps seeping into her house, forcing her to evacuate. Driving through the Mad Max-esque haze, her thoughts drift back to Lijiang, her ancestral hometown in China, where her maternal Nakhi tribe celebrates Fire as a divine natural force every summer. A journey of tracing dream-like currents of memories unfolds.
This film is paired with I Walk While Glaciers Melt, by Lucia Lambarri Barberis.