Carols Riley, Portrait

Source catalog description

This description refers to material held by Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture. Visual details below describe the original material.

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. A black-and-white portrait of Destini Riley's father, Carlos Riley. Wearing a striped, short sleeve Izod polo shirt, he poses in profile with his head slightly bowed.

Catalog date

2013

Recorded places

Durham, Durham County, North Carolina, United States, North and Central America

Recorded subjects

African American; Families; Film; Independent films; Justice; Police brutality; Prisons; Youth

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