Three Short Films by Ja’Tovia Gary

The aesthetically dynamic, shape-shifting films of artist and filmmaker Ja’Tovia Gary combine everything from heavily processed 16 mm archival materials to TikTok videos and woman-on-the-street-style interviews to put Black women and their lived experiences, past and present, in dialogue with one another. Drawing inspiration from Gary’s personal heroes like Toni Morrison and Nina Simone—footage of both of whom she poignantly incorporates into her works—her films are as optically imaginative as they are politically and intellectually rigorous, exploring ideas around care, connectivity, and memory through an intimate, Black feminist lens.