Palimpsest: The Story of a Name (2026)

Mary Stephen · 108 min · Letterboxd ↗

Veteran filmmaker Mary Stephen digs into her own family past to uncover the long-hidden origins of her Western surname, revealing a story of culture shock, colonialism, and contested remembrance.

Palimpsest: The Story of a Name screens once in London: Barbican Centre, Friday 25 September at 18:30.