Sites of Memory, 2024

Endurance and embrace. I offer an honest account of my transition to Hunts Point. Here, the camera functions as a tool for connection. I am challenged to explore intimacy in unfamiliar terrain, as I figure out a new domestic space for myself while navigating a defined public sphere. I am able to interact with my ancestry in new ways, such as collaborating with elders who danced alongside my late uncle, Luther Fontaine. As I lean on old habits, and actively develop fresh ones, I am able to seriously feel through what a liberated approach to documentary storytelling means for me and those around me.