Henrietta Mantooth (Missouri, 1924) is a visual artist involved in painting, installation and performance. In recent decades, she has dedicated herself to activism against mass incarceration in the United States, which particularly affects the country's black and Latino population. Through her works, Mantooth brings the situation to public debate regarding this population. In Jail Birds, the visual artist talks about her works in her studio in Manhattan and during the installation of a permanent exhibition at Hudson County Community College, in New Jersey.
Camera / photography: Kelly Koide
Editing: Leo Fuzer and Kelly Koide
Photographs used in the film's credits: Roy Groething
Art for the credits: Ricardo Dionisio
Color treatment: Felipe Manoel / Transcolors +
Soundtrack: Renata Rosa; Itamar Assumpção and Anelis Assumpção
Support: Laboratory of Image and Sound in Anthropology - USP; Fapesp
Funding: Fapesp (Process no. 2018/25159-6)
Thumbnail Art: Sthefanni Valleri