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By Water | The Idea
Clip: Season 11 Episode 9 | 2m 6sVideo has Closed Captions
Iyabo Kwayana's brother's voicemail sparks inspiration for what would become BY WATER.
A voicemail from filmmaker Iyabo Kwayana's brother sparks inspiration for what would become BY WATER. The message walks us through the idea and the memories they share, and provides an understanding of her brother.
Major funding for America ReFramed provided by the John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation, Wyncote Foundation, and the Corporation for Public Broadcasting. Additional funding provided by Open Society Foundations,...
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By Water | The Idea
Clip: Season 11 Episode 9 | 2m 6sVideo has Closed Captions
A voicemail from filmmaker Iyabo Kwayana's brother sparks inspiration for what would become BY WATER. The message walks us through the idea and the memories they share, and provides an understanding of her brother.
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Learn Moreabout PBS online sponsorship- [Man] Hey, Yabo, this is, you know who this is, but yo, check this out.
I have a movie idea for you.
(wind rushing) There's this guy.
It's a romantic comedy, okay?
There's this guy.
Well, it could be a romantic drama, dramady, or a drama even, but there's this guy, and it's just like a day in his life, you know?
(siren wailing) And he's running some errands, right?
But he passes a woman, you know?
(wind rushing and woman humming) And-- (car horn honking) (footsteps clicking) As he, as he passes her, he gets the smell of-- (wind rushing and sirens wailing) You know, he passes these different women, and he gets different smells like from his memory, you know?
Like, he passes the first woman, and he smells Play-Doh.
You know, and it takes him back to a time where he was playing with Play-Doh as a kid, and, you know, whatever, right?
And, and he passes another woman-- (footsteps clicking and bright tinkling) On the sidewalk, you know, as he's going to wherever he is, running his errands or whatever, and it's like, he smells vanilla, you know?
And he's back in, oh, let's say he's back in Georgetown, Guyana.
(waves crashing and gulls squawking) He's tasting that vanilla ice cream they have there, the real vanilla, you know, the gastro one.
Okay, and so, just stuff like that.
(bird chirping) It's a movie idea I thought you might want to run with it.
I hope things are well with you, and I don't know, I'm around, but I'm also not around.
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Iyabo Kwayana's brother shares an intimate moment about himself through poetry and words. (1m)
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A journey into a brother's memories transform into a tool for reconciliation and healing. (30s)
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A journey into a brother's memories transform into a tool for reconciliation and healing. (50s)
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Learn Moreabout PBS online sponsorshipMajor funding for America ReFramed provided by the John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation, Wyncote Foundation, and the Corporation for Public Broadcasting. Additional funding provided by Open Society Foundations,...