Mal De Ojo | Point B of The Door of No Return
Mal De Ojo / Point B of The Door of No Return | Film Stills | 2022
Mal De Ojo / Point B of The Door of No Return | 2022
Director | Director of Photography - Yelaine Rodriguez
Performance & Original Poem by Yaissa Jiménez (Poet) Executive Produced by Yelaine Rodriguez
Post Production | Edited by Yelaine Rodriguez | Assistant Camera - Patricia Encarnación | Assistant Editor - Gina Goico | Graphics by Patricia Encarnación | Costume Designer Yelaine Rodriguez
Special Thanks to Yasser Tejedas
Mal De Ojo / Point B of The Door of No Return (Side A & Side B), shot in early 2022 in front and on the doors of La Atarazana Reales (Royal Dockyard) in Santo Domingo, explores the other side of the Door of No Return in Ghana, Africa. This structure, located between the Alcázar de Colón (Diego Colon's Palace) and the neighborhood La Negreta (where enslaved Africans were kept and auctioned), was the first landing point in the New World for numerous enslaved Africans since the early 16th-century when this door, built by enslaved labor, was erected. This series brings awareness to this historical site, which often goes unnoticed by tourists and locals alike, centuries later.