Project Description

“Black Lives Matter” is a short film about Police brutality faced predominately by the African-American population due to deep-rooted racism. A fictitious Police officer writing uncountable times Black Lives Matter on a chalkboard wall as a form of non-violent penalty.

Concept & Directors: Sasha Huber & Petri Saarikko
Actor: Joseph T. Shavel
Producers: Sasha Dees (John106) & Gerrit Vooren (Vooren Productions)
DP: Petri Saarikko
Editor & post production: Petri Saarikko
Location: College of Staten Island (CSI)

Black Lives Matter, Fi/US, 2018, 7:19 min.

In part made possible by VISEK, Arts Promotion Centre Finland, Sharpe Residency at Snug Harbor, Newhouse Center for Contemporary Art, College of Staten Island. Thank you: Gerrit Vooren, Gabri Christa, staff CSI: Bonnie Chin and staff Snug Harbor: Larry Anderson, Shawna Salmon, and Melissa West.

© Huber Saarikko, 2017

The film was shot as part of the exhibition:
5 August–17 September 2017
DNA of Water
Curated by Sasha Dees
Newhouse Centre for Contemporary Art, Richmond Terrace 1000, NYC NY 10301

The work is featured in the publication:

Black Futures edited by Kimberly Drew and Jenna Wortham.

One World, December 2020, ISBN 978-0399181139