Melanie Bernier - The Popcorn Game (2021)

Will future generations view us as monsters for not doing more to avert catastrophe? How will we explain ourselves? Combining a cherished story from my childhood with sparse, folksy imagery, I comment on the absurdity of my lived experience. I envision where this moment will lead us. In The Popcorn Game , I’m cast as my future self, an anxious and lonely woman with many regrets. Under shelter one dark, stormy night, the Crone is called upon to entertain. –Melanie Bernier