Created by
Riley, Destini T., American
Subject of
Riley, Destini T., American
Date
2013-2016
Medium
ink on paper (fiber product)
Dimensions
H x W: 9 × 12 in. (22.9 × 30.5 cm)
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. All of the key frames were drawn by Destini. Destini’s mother and father, Latina Riley and Carlos Riley, Nicholas, and Sarah Bassett did the subsequent Rotoscoping of more-than 10,000 frames. Destini and Nicholas met at a community meeting held at JC’s Kitchen, a soul food restaurant in Durham, NC owned by Destin’s aunt Phyllis Terry, while Destini’s family was organizing around what they deemed an unjust incarceration of her brother. Destini’s brother Carlos Riley, Jr. was acquitted for shooting a police officer, but imprisoned on lesser charges.
Description
A pen and ink drawing of an animation still for a short film titled I, Destini. The sketch features Destini sitting in front of a glass partition. She holds a telephone receiver with her proper right hand as she looks over her proper right shoulder. A crumbling, amorphous mass can be seen on the other side of the glass partition, toward the bottom right corner of the frame.
Place made
North Carolina, United States, North and Central America
Collection title
I, Destini Film Collection
Classification
Visual Arts
Type
drawings
Topic
Animation
Art
Families
Independent films
Journalism
Justice
Police brutality
Prisons
Youth
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
Object number
2018.94.2.30
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.
GUID
http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/fd5d1c7f296-c7a5-46d3-9857-5c2225b09392

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