Entangled
A teenage girl uncovers the physical thread connecting her everyday life to the ocean. The film tracks the trajectory of a red balloon as it moves from her hand in a party supply store to its eventual destination: the stomach of a sea turtle. The film dismantles the "myth of away,” the convenient fiction that an object ceases to exist the moment it leaves our sight. Entangled reveals that our discarded things never truly vanish; they simply stop being ours, until the loop closes and we are forced to reel them back in.
Producers: Katherine Hee-Yeon Tae
Director: Katherine Hee-Yeon Tae
Cinematography: Jason Eun-Shik Tae, JiYeon Kim
Writer: Katherine Hee-Yeon Tae
Editing: Katherine Hee-Yeon Tae, Jason Eun-Shik Tae, Jiyeon Kim
Sound: N/A
Composer: N/A
Katherine Tae is a student filmmaker and environmental researcher whose work explores the relationship between ocean science, cultural storytelling, and environmental advocacy. Her experimental documentary Entangled, which examines ocean plastic pollution and sea turtle entanglement.
Katherine has been recognized by the Scholastic Art and Writing Awards and selected for festivals including the Las Cruces International Film Festival, International Kids Film Festival, Arizona Student Film Festival, and Experiments in Cinema Youth Lens.