Walking with Moana: Exploring Belonging with a Camera and a Cat

In Walking with Moana, Christine Rogers introduces the viewer to a cat’s nocturnal perambulations. This multilayered non-linear work highlights human non-human entanglements as Moana moves through the natural habitat, engaging in an embodied conversation with place and with Rogers, who sometimes leads, other times follows. Rogers’ practice is informed by indigenous methodologies which encourage us to explore other kinds of knowings and as Moana walks, the viewer is asked to experience the nightly repetition, the differences, and the “quiet joy” of her journeys. Rogers presents new possibilities for the researcher-filmmaker wanting to explore non-traditional, non-linear belongings.