Activism
Object Details
- Caption
- The short animated film, I, Destini tells the story of having an incarcerated brother from Destini Riley’s perspective (at the time she was 14). The film is a collaboration between her and filmmaker Nicholas Pilarski. Frame animations are the products of a series of creative workshops between Nicholas Pilarksi and the Rileys.
- Description
- A black-and-white photograph of Alex Charns addressing an audience in front of the Durham courthouse. Charns, who wears a suit and tie, stands beside Destini Riley and her mother Lattina Riley. A group of reporters and onlookers surround the trio.
- Credit Line
- Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture, Gift of Destini T. Riley, Nicholas Pilarski, Lattina Lennon Riley, Sarah M. Bassett, Kathleen Lingo and The New York Times Company
- Data Source
- National Museum of African American History and Culture
- Date
- 2013
- Object number
- 2018.94.4.42
- Photograph by
- Unidentified
- Subject of
- Destini T. Riley, American
- Lattina Lennon Riley, American
- Alex Charns
- Restrictions & Rights
- © Destini T. Riley, Nicholas Pilarski, Lattina Lennon Riley, Sarah M. Bassett, The New York Times Company
- Permission required for use. Proper usage is the responsibility of the user.
- Type
- black-and-white photographs
- Medium
- ink on photographic paper
- Dimensions
- H x W: 8 × 10 in. (20.3 × 25.4 cm)
- Place captured
- United States, North and Central America
- See more items in
- National Museum of African American History and Culture Collection
- Collection title
- I, Destini Film Collection
- Classification
- Photographs and Still Images
- Title
- Archival process photo for "I, Destini Film"
- Topic
- African American
- Families
- Independent films
- Journalism
- Justice
- Police brutality
- Prisons
- Youth
- Record ID
- nmaahc_2018.94.4.42
