I’m making a film about freedom in the US and Caribbean. I’m dreaming of a future where every human being has equal access, equal justice, and everything they need to thrive. I believe “a different future” is possible. I believe transformation begins with accountability and repair.

In this film, I'm planning to explore truth, reconciliation, and reparations frameworks in both regions while being curious about what it would take to claim “a different future" - a future free from racism, colorism, and oppression. (Stevenson, 2019). I'm planning to talk to activists, organizers, faith-leaders, political leaders, and everyday citizens who have been most impacted by the legacies of enslavement and colonization. I am also planning to talk to those who have benefited most from these legacies - the folx who are most responsible for taking steps toward repair.

Join me in exploring, co-creating, and dreaming pathways to freedom through this film project. Make a gift today.

I have an ambitious fundraising goal. Every dollar raised will go directly to production costs.
You can learn more about me by visiting. my website: www.damalirobertson.com

You can also learn more about my positionality below:

My Positionality

I come to this project as a liberation researcher and decolonial scholar - someone who believes the people most impacted by the legacies of enslavement and colonization in the US and the Caribbean are the ones who get to determine what they need to claim a “different future". I also come to this project as someone with her feet planted in two worlds; having divided my life between the United States and Jamaica. I was born in the US to Jamaican parents. At least 3-4 generations of my ancestors are Jamaicans of African and European descent. I spent significant parts of my life in Jamaica, going to school, living, working, and raising my children there at different times. I also spent significant parts of my life in the US, going to school, living, working, and raising my children here for longer periods of time. I bring my "Black Americanness" and my "Jamaicanness" to this project. I come to this project as a light-hued | Black-bodied | Jamaican-American | who is able-bodied  | neurodivergent | educated | English-speaking | who also identifies as a single-parent | queer | woman with a mix of working class, middle class, and upper class experiences. I locate myself here and bring all of this [and more] with me to this project.