Same Water
Director: Martine Granby
Crew:Producer: Gabby Follett.
Email:granbymartine@gmail.com
Synopsis
Drawing from institutional and personal archives, this film revisits a colored-only riverside recreation space that existed alongside a celebrated white-only water park, exposing the layered histories of segregation and unequal access to nature and leisure in Jim Crow America.
About the director
Martine Granby is a nonfiction filmmaker, visual journalist, and educator. Her creative research focuses on interrogating and experimenting with family and collective moving image archives, as well as exploring ethical considerations of found footage usage and discourses surrounding mental health in BIPOC communities. She is an assistant professor of journalism at the University of Connecticut, with a focus on documentary filmmaking. She holds a joint appointment in UConn’s Women's, Gender, and Sexuality Studies in the Department of Social and Critical Inquiry, and is an affiliate of the Africana Studies Institute.