CONFLUENCE is a meditation on ancestry and identity through the diasporic lens of Asian American and queer experiences filmed during moonroom’s 2019 PHASE, a showcase series celebrating Asian Pacific Islander and Desi American Heritage Month with underground events throughout Los Angeles and surrounding areas.

The documentary short eschews Western aesthetic formalism in favor of a more fluid oral, visual, and sonic experience as a means to subvert the oppressive linearity of colonialism and momentarily alleviate colonial trauma with calming, subconscious expression.