Photograph by
Oliver, Tommy, American, born 1984
Subject of
Franklin, DeVon, American, born 1978
Good, Meagan, American, born 1981
Unidentified Man or Men
Unidentified Woman or Women
Floyd, George Perry Jr., American, 1973 - 2020
Date
June 7, 2020
Medium
digital
Dimensions
H x W: 4480 pixels × 6720 pixels
File size: 172.3 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 DeVon Franklin and Meagan Good participating in a Black Lives Matter protest in Hollywood, California. The image was taken by Tommy Oliver during the protests that followed the death of George Floyd. The image depicts Franklin and Good standing together with their backs to the viewer. They are shown from the mid-back up, turned slightly towards each other and looking over their shoulders, directly at the viewer. They are leaning on machinery with vents on one side. Franklin is wearing a black, short sleeve T-shirt, a surgical mask, and aviator-style mirrored sunglasses. Good is wearing a black, short sleeve T-shirt, a cloth face mask with a white graphic on the front, and sunglasses. Her hair is pulled up into a front top knot held in place with a head wrap. Behind Franklin and Good is a large crowd of protesters facing the viewer. Many of the protesters are wearing face masks, or other types of protective face coverings. At the center of the crowd, one protester holds up a large white sign with partially cropped dark text that reads [REVOLT / AGAINST / RACISM] and a black band at the bottom with white text that reads [Party for Socialism and Liberation / [---?]]. In the background is a low building and leafy trees.
Place captured
Hollywood, 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
Actors
Film
Hollywood (Film)
Justice
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
2021.31.58
Restrictions & Rights
© Tommy Oliver
Permission required for use. Proper usage is the responsibility of the user.
GUID
http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/fd54b38e1d4-a3de-44f0-9962-bbb82e808a42

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