Oryza : Healing Ground

2024

This experimental animated documentary interrogates the colonial legacies embedded in archives through the lens of Black land stewards.

Documentary

17m
November 17, 2024 · United States of America, Netherlands

Overview

This experimental animated documentary interrogates the colonial legacies embedded in archives through the lens of Black land stewards. Combining live-action footage, archival material, and animation, Oryza: Healing Ground reimagines archives as dynamic, living systems. A custom-built Artificial Intelligence system centered on Black histories, creates evolving digital motifs on Afrocentric perspectives, challenging the exclusion of Black voices from AI and algorithmic technologies.

Details

Status: Released
Release date: November 17, 2024
Original language: English
Spoken languages: English
Countries: United States of America, Netherlands
Production: Sundance Institute,NL Film,Ado Ato Pictures,Black Public Media,International Heritage Cooperation Program of the National Archives of the Netherlands
Budget: Not recorded
Revenue: Not recorded