Rhea Storr (b.1991 UK) makes films that consider Black and mixed-race subjects, including her own British-Bahamian identity. Her recent work concerns Caribbean community space in the UK. Three of her previous films have been THFF selections. Rhea is a former director of the film lab at not/nowhere, an artists’ film co-operative, London. She is the winner of the Aesthetica Art Prize 2020, and the Royal Photographic Society Award for Creative Contribution to Art in Moving Image 2023. Photo by Oliver Benton.
Okay Keskidee! Let Me See Inside is a personal account of Black community spaces in the UK, focusing on the Caribbean diaspora. By visiting the site of the former Keskidee Center that is now luxury apartments, the film considers the conditions which allowed this historical space to thrive. The film explores the reasons why gathering in physical space is difficult because of the premium cost of space and the often free labor or government funding needed, both of which are scarce. We see the architecture of surrounding developments driven by rampant capitalism. Can the digital realm replace a physical community presence and produce an accessible archive for a new generation?
Okay Keskidee! Let Me See Inside will play as part of the Shorts Block:Â A Fever Dream Waiting for the Right Builders
