Oryza : Healing Ground
This experimental animated documentary interrogates the colonial legacies embedded in archives through the lens of Black land stewards.
2024-11-17
United States of America, Netherlands
17 minutes.
Overview
This experimental animated documentary interrogates the colonial legacies embedded in archives through the lens of Black land stewards. Combining live-action footage, archival material, and animation, Oryza: Healing Ground reimagines archives as dynamic, living systems. A custom-built Artificial Intelligence system centered on Black histories, creates evolving digital motifs on Afrocentric perspectives, challenging the exclusion of Black voices from AI and algorithmic technologies.
Year 2024
Studio Ado Ato Pictures, Sundance Institute, Black Public Media, International Heritage Cooperation Program of the National Archives of the Netherlands, NL Film
Director Tamara Shogaolu
Crew Tamara Shogaolu (Director), Tamara Shogaolu (Producer), Riyad Alnwii (Producer), Daria Yudina (Special Effects), Collyn Stephens (Cinematography), Tamara Shogaolu (Director of Photography)
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Language English
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