Shooting "Smiles" Sequence: Museum Object and Cultural History

The object in the museum catalogue

A black-and-white archival process photograph of Destini Riley recording her mother Lattina Riley for the "Smiles" sequence in the film I, Destini. Destini, seen on the right, looks on as her mother holds a paper with a smile to her face. A Sachtler tripod and a camera separates mother and daughter. An image of Lattina Riley holding the smile to her face is also visible on the camera's digital display.

Materials, dates and provenance

• Date: 2015
• Photograph by: Unidentified
• Subject of: Destini T. Riley, American
• Subject of: Lattina Lennon 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: Durham, Durham County, North Carolina, 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: 2018.94.4.23
• 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.