Liberty is the freedom to do exactly what you’ve been doing

5:53 minutes; 2018

Liberty is the freedom to do exactly what you’ve been doing explores connections between the Women’s Suffrage Movement and current fights for the rights of those incarcerated. Past and present meet through a shared architectural structure in East Cleveland; the original headquarters for the Women's Suffrage Movement, left unmemorialized and in disrepair, is now home to a bail bonds man and a barber shop run by a formerly incarcerated individual. This film examines the once inhabited structure of the suffragettes and draws parallels to on-going desires for freedom through Doc Sheets and his patrons. Using archival correspondence from suffragist collections as influence for the narrative structure of the film, the visual examination of the building articulates a continual site of struggle as we cannot escape the past’s influences on today.