...In Hopes it Might Carry Me Home is a multimedia oral history project that traces three generations of Black women across Louisiana waterways, acknowledging them as sites of violence, survival, displacement and belonging.

Through layered audio interviews with my grandmother and mother, paired with family photographs and Louisiana archival materials, the project examines how personal narratives intertwine with broader historical patterns.

The project title was derived from my desire to trace my family history on this land and a longing to be transported “home” via the currents of the waterways relevant to our story.