Beverly Hills, Los Angeles County, California, United States, North and Central America
Date:
June 6, 2020
Caption:
Photographer Tommy Oliver is an award-winning producer and cinematographer in television and film. Best known for his 2020 documentary 40 Years a Prisoner on HBO, his docuseries Black Love (2017–2020) on OWN, and his feature film The Perfect Guy (2015), Oliver challenges audiences to question their assumptions about race, gender, and family. The film Kinyarwanda (2011), which Oliver co-produced, weaves together narratives of resilience during the 1994 genocide in Rwanda. It won the Sundance Film Festival’s award for World Cinema Drama and was recognized as one of the top 10 films of 2011. This photograph is part of a broader portfolio of images taken during Black Lives Matter rallies in Los Angeles between May 31 and June 14, 2020.
Description:
A digital, color image of Kendrick Sampson with a group of protesters during a Black Lives Matter protest in Beverly Hills, California. The image was taken by Tommy Oliver during the protests that followed the death of George Floyd. Sampson is shown from the chest up, facing the viewer, and speaking into a bullhorn with a handheld microphone. He is holding the bullhorn upright on his proper left shoulder while speaking into the microphone in his proper right hand. He is wearing a black T-shirt with white text on the chest that reads [BLD / PWR]. He is also wearing a black knit cap and a black face mask with the white piping that has been pulled down and is resting on the top of his collarbone. The protesters surrounding him are wearing face masks. The woman to the left of him is wearing a black T-shirt with white text on the front that reads [PHENOMENALLY / BLACK]. A protester on his right is holding up a brown cardboard sign with black text handwritten on the front that reads [BLA[CK?] / LIVES / MATTER]. In the background is a blurred street sign and a neon pink sign
