- Photograph by
- Oliver, Tommy, American, born 1984
- Subject of
- Hines, Lisa, American
- Unidentified Woman or Women
- Wilson, Wakiesha, American, died 2016
- Floyd, George Perry Jr., American, 1973 - 2020
- Lacey, Jackie, American, born 1957
- Black Lives Matter - Los Angeles, American, founded 2013
- Date
- June 3, 2020
- Medium
- digital
- Dimensions
- H x W: 4480 pixels × 6720 pixels
- File size: 172.29 MB
- Caption
- Photographer Tommy Oliver is an award-winning producer and cinematographer in television and film. Best known for his 2020 documentary 40 Years a Prisoner on HBO, his docuseries Black Love (2017–2020) on OWN, and his feature film The Perfect Guy (2015), Oliver challenges audiences to question their assumptions about race, gender, and family. The film Kinyarwanda (2011), which Oliver co-produced, weaves together narratives of resilience during the 1994 genocide in Rwanda. It won the Sundance Film Festival’s award for World Cinema Drama and was recognized as one of the top 10 films of 2011. This photograph is part of a broader portfolio of images taken during Black Lives Matter rallies in Los Angeles between May 31 and June 14, 2020.
- Description
- A digital, black-and-white image of Wakiesha Wilson’s mother, Lisa Hines, participating in a Black Lives Matter - Los Angeles protest against District Attorney Jackie Lacey in Downtown Los Angeles, California. The image was taken by Tommy Oliver during the protests that followed the death of George Floyd. The close-up of Hines depicts her right of center. She is shown from the chest up, in three-quarters pose, with her body turned slightly towards the left edge of the image. She is wearing a white surgical mask and is cupping her proper right hand over her mask-covered nose and mouth. Her chin is tilted downwards, her eyes are closed, and she has a distressed expression on her face. Her braided hair is pulled back and she is wearing a wide headband over her forehead. Hines is also wearing a patterned bandana tied around her neck, and a light tone T-shirt with partially obscured text that reads [Long Live]. She appears to be seated on the ground, with the blurry legs and backs of several protesters behind her.
- Place captured
- Downtown LA, Los Angeles, Los Angeles County, California, United States, North and Central America
- Classification
- Photographs and Still Images
- Movement
- Black Lives Matter
- Type
- digital images
- digital media - born digital
- Topic
- Activism
- Families
- Justice
- Motherhood
- Photography
- Police brutality
- Race relations
- Resistance
- U.S. History, 2001-
- Urban life
- Credit Line
- Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture, Gift of Tommy and Codie Oliver
- Object number
- 2021.31.14
- Restrictions & Rights
- © Tommy Oliver
- Permission required for use. Proper usage is the responsibility of the user.




