Short Film Directed by Shari Petti and Gesiye
Written and Performed by Gesiye
Director of Photography by Shari Petti
Produced by Shari Petti and Gesiye
In association with @scenepresents
Production Manager Kamron Waithe
Still Photographer Olajuwon Scott
1stAC/Grip Jonathan Gift
Studio Location Pomegranate Studios
Drummer Ajibola Music
Sound Bath Isabel Gomez Burke
Sound Designer Mikhail Gibbons
Editor Gesiye
Colourist Mawasi Charles
Production Assistant Tracy Assing
Production Assistant Timiebi Souza Okpofabri
Collaborating Costume Designer Kristian Jaggesar
Technical Support Kriston Chen @christopheralcozer1375and Chris Cozier
Made at Alice Yard

Notes from the Performer:
Now That I’m a River is the most recent iteration of my ongoing project using the process of a snake shedding its skin to explore various states of personal transformation.
This latest shedding takes place during the Carnival season: a cyclical, transformative period that coincides with a relaxing of colonial regulations on what our bodies can look like and where they can take up space. This interdisciplinary mas is centred around a snake that sheds its skin and becomes a river: a metaphor for the cyclical relationship between celebrating femme sexuality during Carnival and violently suppressing it throughout the year, a tense dynamic which contributes to gender-based violence in this space.
Now That I’m A River draws inspiration from the Orisha, kundalini mythology, Jungian dream theory and Trinidad’s folklore character Mama D’leau, a protector and healer of the river who is often depicted as part woman, part snake.

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