<I>Early Animation</I>
date: label: Date
content: 2013
name: label: Photograph by
content: Unidentified
label: Subject of
content: Destini T. Riley, American
notes: label: Caption
content: 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.
label: Description
content: A black-and-white archival photograph of Destini Riley making early animations for her short film, I, Destini. Destini, wearing a sweater and pants, looks intently at an Apple computer as she holds a stylus in her proper right hand. Two explorers on the computer screen look through binoculars. Also on the desk in front of her are multiple empty food bowls, a pair of headphones, a keyboard, and a trackpad. Behind her an ornamental Christmas tree is partially visible.
place: label: Place captured
content: Durham, Durham County, North Carolina, United States, North and Central America
title: label: Title
content: Archival process photo for "I, Destini Film"
topic: label: Topic
content: African American
label: Topic
content: Families
label: Topic
content: Film
label: Topic
content: Independent films
label: Topic
content: Journalism
label: Topic
content: Justice
label: Topic
content: Police brutality
label: Topic
content: Prisons
label: Topic
content: Youth
setName: label: See more items in
content: National Museum of African American History and Culture Collection
label: Collection title
content: I, Destini Film Collection
label: Classification
content: Photographs and Still Images
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: 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
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of African American History and Culture
identifier: label: Object number
content: 2018.94.4.31
objectType: label: Type
content: black-and-white photographs
objectRights: label: Restrictions & Rights
content: © Destini T. Riley, Nicholas Pilarski, Lattina Lennon Riley, Sarah M. Bassett, The New York Times Company
label: Restrictions & Rights
content: Permission required for use. Proper usage is the responsibility of the user.
physicalDescription: label: Medium
content: ink on photographic paper
label: Dimensions
content: H x W: 8 × 10 in. (20.3 × 25.4 cm)