Month: October 2025

I watched “Generational Transmission” last night, and I’m still thinking about it today. There’s something about seeing clay figures move through these emotional landscapes that hits differently than live action ever could. Marsha Swanson’s song is raw in a way that feels earned, not performed. You can tell she’s written from a place of actual reckoning with her own family history. The lyrics don’t try to wrap everything up neatly, which I appreciate. She talks about being descended from people who carried real trauma, persecution, forced separations, and instead of…