- Photograph by
- Oliver, Tommy, American, born 1984
- Subject of
- Grazer, Brian, American, born 1951
- Unidentified Man or Men
- Floyd, George Perry Jr., American, 1973 - 2020
- Date
- May 31, 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 Brian Grazer participating in a Black Lives Matter protest on Ocean Avenue, Santa Monica, California. The image was taken by Tommy Oliver during the protests that followed the death of George Floyd. Grazer is depicted on the right side of the image. He is facing the viewer and wearing a small white placard over his chest held in place with shoulder straps. Handwritten dark text on the front of the sign reads [BLACK / LIVES / MATTER!] with a hand drawn heart accenting the word [LIVES]. Grazer is wearing a 3M N95 respirator on his face and a striped, hooded sweatshirt. His proper right arm is held just below chest level and he is making a fist. In the background, on the left, is an out of focus, tall, male protester wearing a white cut off shirt. Behind him are additional protesters, also out of focus.
- Place captured
- Santa Monica, 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
- 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
- 2021.31.6
- Restrictions & Rights
- © Tommy Oliver
- Permission required for use. Proper usage is the responsibility of the user.




