"doing something with a point[ing] broom" Timehri Film Festival 2019
Still from the trailer of From Ashes We Rise Pointer broom " I went to Berbice.. that is where I first saw the point[ing] broom .. "the audience laughed and corrected the artist.. ".. pointer broom, and I thought, I could do something with it" The film From Ashes We Rise is a film directed by Khadijah Cadberry, in collaboration with visual artist Elodie Cage-Smith. The film is associated with a mixed media piece featuring a painting with two mask installations. The masks are made of recycled materials. The artist was in conversation about the film at the opening night of the Timehri Film Festival 2019. The idea of 'doing something' with pointers from the broom, in addition to all the other things such as sweeping, jaraying upset babies, or putting in strategic place to ward off evils spirits, that kind of creativity.. is special. The pointers are turned into sun burst like decorations around the masks. There was something special in how...