Join us for a presentation of Origin, a short film by Catherine Glynn and Liz Bucheit. Runtime is 24 minutes. Admission is Free.

The bones of Origin come from stories related to Bucheit’s Norwegian heritage and fascination with the legend of the huldra, a beautiful yet fierce forest spirit capable of granting good luck or everlasting torment to the men she seduced. The story contains several historical references regarding Bucheit’s ancestral farm in Hallingdal and the many stories she heard about her great grandmother immigrating to the US during Norway’s great migration.

Is it possible to outrun bad luck by relocating to a new place or do the “old things” follow us no matter what? What price does a person have to pay to rid future kin of a legacy of misfortune? Origin explores the deep emotion of being separated yet connected to cultural identity struggling to shape existence in a new world.