Shooting Prayer Sequence: Museum Object and Cultural History
Shooting Prayer Sequence: Date: 2015. Photograph by: Unidentified. Subject of: Destini T. Riley, American.
The object in the museum catalogue
A black-and-white archival process photograph of Destini Riley and her family holding hands as they filmed for the "Prayer" sequence in their film I, Destini. Destini and her grandmother, Pat Riley, who are closest to the camera, are only visible from behind. Her parents, Carlos and Lattina Riley, stand opposite them.
Materials, dates and provenance
- Date: 2015
- Photograph by: Unidentified
- Subject of: Destini T. Riley, American
- Subject of: Lattina Lennon Riley, American
- Subject of: Carlos Riley, American
- Subject of: Patricia 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: 2018.94.4.30
- 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
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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.
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