Wilmington Escaped 

(Dir. Carrie Hawks. 2023, 6 mins.)

This virtual reality film takes guests on a ghost tour, including real accounts of enslaved people traveling to other worlds around the time of the racist massacre of 1898. The film was created during the School of Making Thinking Immersion 5.0 Residency in collaboration with Cucalorus Film Festival in Wilmington, North Carolina.

Voice Over: Akeema Zane

Collaborators:
Jaimes Mahew, Kiley Brandt, Courtney Symone Staton, and Ivy Nicole-Jonét

Virtual Reality Screenings:
Cucalorus Film Festival 2023, Wilmington, NC
Marvels of Media Awards, Museum of Moving Image, New York 2024

Standard Film Edit (2024) screenings to come