- Photograph by
- Unidentified
- Subject of
- Riley, Destini T., American
- Riley, Lattina Lennon, American
- Date
- 2015
- Medium
- ink on photographic paper
- Dimensions
- H x W: 8 × 10 in. (20.3 × 25.4 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. Frame animations are the products of a series of creative workshops between Nicholas Pilarksi and the Rileys.
- Description
- A black-and-white archival process photograph of Destini Riley and her mother, Lattina Riley, animating frames for the short film I, Destini. Looking at the camera, Destini holds a pen/stylus to a screen with an image of her in her proper right hand. Her mother sits beside her.
- Place captured
- Durham, Durham County, North Carolina, United States, North and Central America
- Collection title
- I, Destini Film Collection
- Classification
- Photographs and Still Images
- Type
- black-and-white photographs
- Topic
- 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
- 2018.94.4.34
- 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.




