Alexis Kyle Mitchell: The Treasury of Human Inheritance (2024)

In this review of Alexis Kyle Mitchell’s recent feature-length film, The Treasury of Human Inheritance (2024), screened alongside the second Museum of Contemporary Art Toronto triennial, I consider the artist’s experimental engagements with sound, analogue film processing, and the human voice to narrate her family’s experiences with grief and disability. I also connect these inter-personal dynamics to broader urgencies, positing that the film asks us to be mindful of how we hold responsibility for one another, amidst interconnected global crises.