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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Bloodline 2 - Pitch 2
Presented at the end of Fall 2022.
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.
Bloodline Book 2: Getting to know you…
This book is the second in a series of artist books called Bloodline. Bloodline is a documentary I made about my family tree in 2019, and its sequel will be my senior thesis film in 2023. For this artist book, I used an index card holder to create a collection of items that summarize my grandmother and her mother.
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.
09.28.2022
Google slides poetry
Bloodline 2 - Pitch 0
Bloodline: Umbilical Ties - In a search for details of her family's past, Nande visits Jamaica for photos and stories to create an ancestral map across the Atlantic.