WADENA

Wadena 　　Peggy Ahwesh 2012 　　USA | Format: HD | color | sound | 18:30 minutes 　　Wadena, MN: (population 4,060: town motto “Where the Prairie Meets the Woodands”) was hit by a tornado in June, 2010. In an observational work of straightforward intent, I was interested in the slow return to normal, the stoic task of rebuilding and the battered personalities of the houses in a state of repair. The news crews were gone but the work continued. “I didn’t need the things I lost,” Cindy said on a windy day on the empty ground where her house used to be. “I didn’t need to hold on to everything.”—P.A.