Community Film Showing: Museum Object and Cultural History

The object in the museum catalogue

A black-and-white photograph of Destini Riley and Nicholas Pilarski addressing an audience at a community film screening for their film I, Destini. Riley, who wears a long-sleeved sweater, can be seen on the left holding a microphone. Her co-director, Nicholas Pilarski, can be seen beside her. Wearing a long-sleeved shirt and scarf, he looks directly at Destini, who appears to be speaking.

Materials, dates and provenance

• Date: 2015
• Photograph by: Unidentified
• Subject of: Nicholas Pilarski, American
• Subject of: Destini T. Riley, American
• Type: black-and-white photographs
• Medium: ink on photographic paper
• Dimensions: H x W: 8 × 10 in. (20.3 × 25.4 cm)
• Place captured: United States, North and Central America
• Topic: African American
• Topic: Families
• Topic: Independent films
• Topic: Journalism
• Topic: Justice
• Topic: Police brutality
• Topic: Prisons
• Topic: Youth
• Object number: 2018.94.4.51
• 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
• Data Source: National Museum of African American History and Culture

Sources and reuse

Catalogue descriptions and facts adapted from National Museum of African American History and Culture through the Smithsonian's official Open Access dataset. This record explicitly marks its metadata CC0 1.0; formatting and selection have been changed. The underlying object's rights statement is: © 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.