Palimpsest: The Story of a Name
Palimpsest: The Story of a Name
Documentary

Palimpsest: The Story of a Name

2026
108 min
7.7
77.0%
User Score
(3 votes)

Veteran filmmaker Mary Stephen digs into her own family past to uncover the long-hidden origins of her Western surname, revealing a story of culture shock, colonialism, and contested remembrance.

DIRECTED BY

Mary Stephen

STARRING

Mary Stephen

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Palimpsest: the Story of a Name 隱蹟之書 - Directed by Mary Stephen 雪美蓮
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Palimpsest: the Story of a Name 隱蹟之書 - Directed by Mary Stephen 雪美蓮

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Mary Stephen

Mary Stephen

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