Spirited

Under a backdrop of colliding belief systems, a skeptical Hmong-American filmmaker is told she has been chosen to become a shaman, setting her on a decade-long journey to understand her community's ancestral spiritual traditions. Spirited is a poignant and introspective documentary following Joua over a decade of her life as she struggles to reconnect with her people’s belief system and grapples with the decision to accept or reject this calling. Her intercultural and interfaith family must sort through their differences as the symptoms of Joua’s “shaman sickness” worsen, signaling that it is time to make a choice. Joua connects with [...]