The Mirrored Road
The Mirrored Road is a feature length film that explores the relationship between trauma and memory, and questions the function of home movies as a vehicle for truth. What began as a project about the life of the director’s great grandmother Bessie, an engineer on the Manhattan Project, evolves into an exploration of her own trauma, which unfolds slowly throughout the film and is prompted by stories of traumatic events surrounding Bessie's early life and those in her orbit.
Director
Mary Hanlon is an award-winning filmmaker based in New York. Her work is a reflection on—or a revision of—the myths and idealogies that influence visual culture and explores themes of memory, technology, and the subtle interplay between intimacy and privacy. Though her approach varies, her work’s distinct style emerges through emotional resonance rather than explicit storytelling,
Mary holds a BA from the New School and an MFA from Hunter College. In 2014, she was awarded a MacDowell Fellowship. She has been a contributing writer for The Brooklyn Rail, and her films and installations have been showcased in New York, as well as nationally and internationally. The Mirrored Road was selected as a finalist at DOC LA in 2023.