Year
2008
country of production
Canada
credits
Alexandra Gelis
kind of work
Super 8mm film
Hand processing
The Island
A garden between Oakland and Berkley where its inhabitants, marginalized by gentrification, plant fruit trees and flowers to pay homage to their loved ones who died in battles against poverty. This is a space of love and freedom cared by Brian for the last 25 years. The island resists, as a living legacy of the Black Panthers who were the first to organize the neighbourhood.
Un jardín entre Oakland y Berkley donde los habitantes del barrio siembras homenajean a sus seres queridos con plantas frutales y flores. Espacio de amor y libertad cuidado por Brian por los últimos 25 años. La isla se resiste, como la herencia viva de los Black Panteras hoy día. Hecha en Super 8mm, re escaneado múltiples veces hasta logra una deterioración digna de la imagen.