Private Project

Welcome To My Church: Resurrection

The video you are about to experience was created by Christina Acevedo in 2015 for Living Room Today—a broadcast showcase of global artistic expressions. For Christina’s mother, this video became of great concern for her daughter's well-being, leading to an unprecedented step: a psychoanalytical examination of the video art by her own therapist, the same therapist Christina had been seeing for several years prior . The revelations of this intense analysis were meticulously documented for her mother’s records. These are their findings.

  • Christina Acevedo
    Director
  • Christina Acevedo
    Writer
  • Sonja Kinski
    Camera
  • Rich Hamilton
    Sound Recording
  • Emily Eisler
    Voiceover
  • Christina Acevedo
    Producer
  • Christina Acevedo
    Key Cast
    "Bride"
  • Christina Acevedo
    Music
  • Project Type:
    Experimental, Short
  • Runtime:
    20 minutes 8 seconds
  • Completion Date:
    January 1, 2025
  • Production Budget:
    200 USD
  • Country of Origin:
    United States
  • Country of Filming:
    United States, United States
  • Language:
    English
  • Shooting Format:
    Digital, Hi8
  • Aspect Ratio:
    16:9
  • Film Color:
    Color
  • First-time Filmmaker:
    No
  • Student Project:
    No
Director Biography - Christina Acevedo

Christina Acevedo, a multifaceted artist based in Philadelphia. Her directorial and screenwriting path took off in 2008 with her debut short film ‘Wild Idle’ premiering in Canne’s Courts Métrages program and ICA Philadelphia. Since then, Christina has produced experimental music, created video art, short films, music videos and is founder of ProForce Sport, a martial arts athleisure brand.
Christina is now researching her next horror film, and is the founder of Girls Like Horror - an all inclusive film club shining light on horror films made by women AND scary/haunting/grotesque movies with strong, complex, multidimensional female protagonists.

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Director Statement

This video footage was captured ten years ago. At that time, I had been sober from drugs and alcohol for a year and had just experienced my first sober breakup. I was also asked to create a work of video art paired with my music. This is what came out.

Ten years later, still sober, I chose to revisit the video, adding a new element: the psychological evaluation my mom has kept all these years. Working on this film today has made me reflect on so many things. As women, we bear the weight of countless expectations and pressures—how our expressions of sadness and anger are often seen as a concern rather than a beautiful transformation.

Although my therapist was able to recognize this, her projections on the meaning behind the video, as it relates to who I am, are not entirely accurate. How could she know the depths of who I am? I don't even know the meaning behind the work as I'm making it.

However, I hope this film encourages people to question how they have lived by the beliefs others have projected onto them. I hope it makes them less timid about being open and honest about their emotions and feelings, and inspires them to use art as a safe vehicle to express their darkest fears, desires, and aggressions. To me, that is the beauty of filmmaking—and how I cope and work through my demons, so to speak.