For the last six decades, Rastafari in the Caribbean has faced the brunt of legalized State violence, police brutality, and institutionalized policies that sought to marginalize and humiliate any person associated with the socio-spiritual and political movement. Throughout the Black World, Rastafari has provided a space for the reclamation of an Afrikan identity in direct response to colonial attempts to elevate whiteness through different vehicles of oppression. Revelation explores the multiple instances of direct and indirect State aggression and provides ‘overstanding’ of the peaceful refuge Rastafari provided Black people across the living diaspora amidst this projected and legalized violence. This film offers a cathartic outlet for these traumatic recollections, allowing a space of remembrance for the many people who have transcended and are now living ancestors, making a celebratory space for the pioneering moments and sacrifices of Rastafari across the world.
3 авг 2023
