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In an experimental documentary, Kristy Choi sets out to understand who her mother was before she was a mother.
Who were our mothers before they became our mothers? This is the animating question behind Kristy Choiâs experimental documentary film âHerselves,â which explores both who Choiâs mother was and who she could have been. As Choi grew more interested in filmmaking and storytelling, she began to realize how little she knew about her motherâs life as a young woman. The facts she had were sparse. She knew that her mother had lost her father before immigrating to Los Angeles, that after arriving she had lived with her older sister, and that at some point she met Choiâs father and moved out East. But she had never probed the why and how of her motherâs journey. Before she had got married, before she had given birth, before she carried the dual, weighted identities of wife and mother, who had she been?
The Harvard Cooperative Society announced in late December that its flagship Harvard Square store, located at 1400 Massachusetts Ave., will temporarily close for renovations, with plans to reopen in April.
With the flagship store closed, all books and other merchandise have been relocated from the Massachusetts Avenue Coop building to the store s Palmer Street location.
Coop President Jeremiah P. Murphy Jr. ’73 explained that the planning process for the renovations started about a year ago, but it was delayed due to the coronavirus pandemic. A reduction in foot traffic during the pandemic made closing the building the best option to allow for greater efficiency in the renovation process.