Digital story (2mins) about a student’s struggle to adjust to life-altering circumstances. Shifting perspectives, a central theme in the story, reflects both the student’s personal transformation as a storyteller, and her changing ideas about the challenges and rewards of incorporating visual media into anthropological research and practice.

Tara Smith, graduate student in anthropology, producer. Created as class project in Visual Anthropology course, Anthropology Department, University of Colorado, Denver, Maymester (summer) 2009. Marty Otañez, instructor

Lua tells a story about growing up with a mom suffering from manic depression. Produced as an independent study project, Anthropology Department, University of Colorado, Denver, summer 2010.