From Where We Land



From Where We Land (2021), 19 minutes, Scanned 16mm, VHS and archive footage. Colour and Black and White.
From Where We Land, examines a group of second-generation Black British women and their relationship with identity, feelings of cultural displacement, and their shared histories. Informed by the contributions of the 1980s Black feminist movement in England and the legacies of first-generation children of African and Caribbean immigrants, the film incorporates archival, VHS, and 16mm footage.
Commissioned by the South London Gallery on the occasion of the exhibition “Ufuoma Essi: From Where We Land”.