Aama Studio: Threads of Legacy Film Salon
- Sat, Mar 21, 2026
- 3 pm - 7 pm PT
- BCAM, Level 1 | LACMA
Drawing from Tavares Strachan’s immersive excursions into hidden histories and speculative futures in the exhibition The Day Tomorrow Began, mother and daughter design duo House of Aama welcome us to a film salon where they will weave cinema, textiles, and personal memory to tell intergenerational stories.
A tour of the exhibition, short films, and discussions will explore Black liberation, arcs of migration, and evolving identities, linking ancestral memory to possibilities of today and tomorrow.
Program:
3 pm: Short film screening
4 pm: Tavares Strachan: The Day Tomorrow Began exhibition walkthrough with House of Aama
5 pm: Short film screening
6 pm: Post-screening conversation with Jamal Ademola, director of House of Aama: Threads of Legacy; Akua Shabaka and Rebecca Henry, co-creators of House of Aama; and special guests
All education and outreach programs at LACMA are underwritten by the LACMA Education Fund.
Major support is provided by
Generous additional support is provided by the Judy and Bernard Briskin Family Foundation, Capital Group, The Rosalinde and Arthur Gilbert Foundation, William Randolph Hearst Endowment Fund for Arts Education, Alfred E. Mann Charities, The Ralph M. Parsons Foundation, Gloria Ricci Lothrop, Flora L. Thornton Foundation, U.S. Bank, and The Yabuki Family Foundation.
Image Credit: House of Aama: Threads of Legacy, courtesy of filmmaker Jamal Ademola
All education and outreach programs at LACMA are underwritten by the LACMA Education Fund.
Major support is provided by
Generous additional support is provided by the Judy and Bernard Briskin Family Foundation, Capital Group, The Rosalinde and Arthur Gilbert Foundation, William Randolph Hearst Endowment Fund for Arts Education, Alfred E. Mann Charities, The Ralph M. Parsons Foundation, Gloria Ricci Lothrop, Flora L. Thornton Foundation, U.S. Bank, and The Yabuki Family Foundation.
Image Credit: House of Aama: Threads of Legacy, courtesy of filmmaker Jamal Ademola