I, Destini

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This description refers to material held by Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture. Visual details below describe the original material.

A short, animated film with the title "I, Destini." It is held as an Apple ProRes file (2018.94.1.1) with a Digital Cinema Package (DCP) (2018.94.1.2). In the opening scene, Destini introduces herself before beginning a monologue about nature documentaries as animation of a savannah appears on the screen. This quickly segues into a scene with lions chasing antelopes, as Destini states that her "brother is not a lion, he is a giraffe." The last shot of this scene tracks away horizontally, revealing Destini sitting in the back seat of her grandmother's car on her way to visit her brother Junior in prison. When they arrive at the prison, Destini stands outside looking directly at a surveillance camera on the fence before a scene in which a police officer approaches a man sitting at a bus stop in Walltown.

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