The film begins by looking back in American history through my mother’s paternal American Indian lineage rooted in Georgia and Tennessee, investigating how they became homeless as a result of federal relocation programs. In order to convey the trauma of having one’s ancestral land forcibly taken away, I employed a mix of historical documentation (census rolls, letters, interviews with the Dawes Commission) and added creative writing to develop the characters—who are both American Indian women and directly related to me through my mother.

My ancestor’s stories are interwoven throughout the film with historical documents, footage of my father I had collected over 15 years working various low pay jobs, and discussion of the many moves and jobs that eventually led us to homelessness. I interweave the two ancestor’s stories with my family story because of the links they share. For example, in one scene, I juxtapose my father’s various jobs working above the land as landscaper, road builder, brick layer with ancestor Henry Freeland's (100 years prior) struggle in various jobs inside the land as a miner.