United States of Amnesia: In a System that Seduces You to Forget, Dare to Remember
In the satirical, genre-bending show, Torres-Tama channels a “shamanistic time traveler” to conjure the past and expose the present.
United States of Amnesia connects the dots across centuries — from the Three-Fifths Compromise and Indian Removal Act to Operation Wetback and Zero Tolerance immigration policies — tracing a brutal through-line of dehumanizing legislation that uplifts white supremacist thinking while exploiting Black, Brown, and Indigenous labor. Through humor and radical remembering, Torres-Tama calls out the hypocrisy of the colonial settler system and demands an awakening from the induced amnesia of empire.
“The most radical thing an artist can do today is dare to remember in a culture submerged in amnesia, lies, and misinformation,” Torres-Tama said.