bloodline.proj
Welcome to my archive of projects, photos, videos, illustrations, and research about my family and Jamaica
This project began with a short documentary Bloodline (2019) where my mom and I discuss our family tree, her immigrating to the U.S. from Jamaica, stitched with home videos and photographs.
The Films
Now in 2022 and in my senior year at Pratt Institute, I’ll be continuing the world of Bloodline with my short thesis film.
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The Blog
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Martin Rennalls
About Martin Rennalls, Jamaican filmmaker and educator.
Joe Harriott
About Joe Harriott, Jamaican saxophonist and pioneer of freeform Jazz
Una Marson
About Una Marson, Jamaican writer, journalist, and editor.
National Gallery Jamaica
My visit to the National Gallery of Jamaica during the Kingston Biennal 2022.
Newspaper Clippings
Newspaper ads from Jamaica (1943) and New York, Pennsylvania, and Ohio (late 1800s mid-1900s I don’t remember)
Jamaica Reading List
In a recently published New York Times article, “Read Your Way Through Kingston, Jamaica” author Marlon James gives readers a list of novels that capture the complex island of Jamaica. This is my list of novels, stories, poems, and academic texts about jamaica and the Caribbean.
National Museum Jamaica
My dad and I visited National Museum Jamaica in Kingston and got a wonderful tour from one of the outreach officers Stephanie Rose who explained the legacy of Taíno and African cultures in Jamaica.
Aunt Hilma's House - Jamaica Dec 2019
Shot in December of 2019 and edited in 2022, my dad and I look through my great aunt's photo albums in Kingston. This was after showing my 2019 film Bloodline to my parents.
St Elizabeth Slave Records (1800s)
A spreadsheet displaying the number of enslaved people owned by my ancestors on my maternal grandfather’s side. The Mitchell, Mullings, Russell, and Swaby families all lived in St Elizabeth during the early 1800s according to Jamaican Almanacs.