Origins of Blackness

Origins of Blackness (2018) is a short experimental film that explores the black experience and our intimacies with technology. How can Black people utilize technology in a way that does not leave them vulnerable to further surveillance? How are our interactions with each other altered under a state of surveillance?

Written, Directed, and Shot by Monique Muse Dodd

Actors: Nana Chinara, Aya Lane, and Yunique A. Saafir

Make up : Shanée Smith, Brooke Lynn

Gaffer: Morgan Johnson

An excerpt from Black Breath (2018) How do black bodies exist under constant surveillance? What impact does that have on their psyche, what happens when breathing becomes to hard?