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Looking to the enduring cultural connections between New Orleans, the Caribbean and Africa, "We Outside" explores transatlantic masquerade and processional traditions as pathways to collective love and liberation in the face of state, sexual and racial oppression. The people we come to know through these films take their churning emotions and histories and externalize them—loudly, proudly—by taking to the streets en masse, adorning themselves in elaborate costumes, or both. Presented in collaboration with Prospect New Orleans and Third Horizon Film Festival.

Junkanoo—a carnival-like form of celebration in the Bahamas is a culture with innovative costume designs. Aesthetic and political intertwine as we follow the Shell Saxon Superstars in the year-long production of costumes. Here is Black radical imagination, a resistance, a uniquely Bahamian identity. Who is archiving Junkanoo for future generations?

  • Year
    2020
  • Runtime
    10 minutes
  • Language
    English
  • Country
    The Bahamas, UK
  • Director
    Rhea Storr
  • Screenwriter
    Rhea Storr
  • Producer
    Rhea Storr
  • Cinematographer
    Rhea Storr
  • Editor
    Rhea Storr
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