Reading the River: Yamaya and Oshun
Project Added: November 20, 2020
A photo from the project's website
Image courtesy of Tia Simone Gardner
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Location:
New Orleans, Vicksburg, Memphis, St. Louis, Cairo, St. Paul, MississippiRegion:
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FilmPopulation Density:
SuburbanLarge Intended Impact Area:
County/Multi-County RegionFoundations:
Project Website:
https://www.tiasimonegardner.info/reading-the-river-yemaya-and-oshunOVERVIEW
Reading the River: Yamaya and Oshun is an experimental documentary that looks at the relationship between Blackness and the Mississippi River. The work brings together aspects of geography, architecture, and a feminist practice of unsettling how we think and know place.