Photograph of a student animator on day 10 of the Black Academy of Arts and Letter (TBAAL) 2016 Summer Youth Arts Institute. The student is sitting down, facing to the left of the camera. A second student can be seen sitting in the background, facing the same direction.

Photograph of a student animator on day 10 of the Black Academy of Arts and Letters (TBAAL) 2016 Summer Youth Arts Institute. The student is sitting in front of a laptop, facing away from the camera and resting her left hand on the keyboard. An animation sketch can be seen on the laptop screen.

Photograph of a student animator on day 10 of the Black Academy of Arts and Letters 2016 Summer Youth Arts Institute. The student is sitting, looking down at a laptop in front of her. The back of the laptop can be seen in the bottom left corner of the photograph, out of focus and partially out of frame.

Photograph of a student animator on day 10 of the Black Academy of Arts and Letters (TBAAL) 2016 Summer Youth Arts Institute. The student can be seen standing in the center of the photograph, looking at the camera and holding up a piece sign with her left hand. A desktop monitor can be seen on a table on the right side of the photograph, displaying an animation still.

Photograph of two students editing video footage on day 10 of the Black Academy of Arts and Letters (TBAAL) 2016 Summer Youth Arts Institute. They are sitting side by side on the left side of the photograph, facing to the right and looking away from the camera. A laptop and a desktop monitor can be seen on a table in front of them, displaying video clips in an editing software. Another monitor can be seen in the background of the photograph, displaying an animation still.

Photograph of two students with a camera on day 10 of the Black Academy of Arts and Letters (TBAAL) 2016 Summer Youth Arts Institute. The students can be seen on the right side of the photograph, facing forward. They are standing behind a video camera. A boy can be seen standing across from the two students in the foreground on the left side of the photograph, facing them.

Photograph of a group of students with a camera on day 10 of the Black Academy of Arts and Letters (TBAAL) 2016 Summer Youth Arts Institute. One girl can be seen on the right side of the photograph, facing to the left of the camera. She is standing behind a video camera, holding onto its handle with both hands. Two students are standing next to her (one on either side), facing the same direction. A boy can be seen on the left side of the photograph, raising both arms in the air and looking at the camera. Several other students can be seen in the background.

Photograph of three students with a camera on day 10 of the Black Academy of Arts and Letters (TBAAL) 2016 Summer Youth Arts Institute. One girl can be seen in the center of the photograph, facing to the right of the camera. She is standing behind a video camera and holding onto its handle with her right hand. Two other students are standing next to her, facing away from the camera.

Photograph of a boy on stage on day 8 of the Black Academy of Arts and Letters (TBAAL) 2016 Summer Youth Arts Institute. The boy can be seen on the left side of the photograph, facing to the right of the camera. He is motioning with both hands and appears to be singing. A group of people are on stage across from the boy, sitting in chairs. Curtis King can be seen sitting in a director's chair among the group, and is holding a microphone in his right hand. Three people are standing behind King.

Photograph of the display screen of a camera on day 10 of the Black Academy of Arts and Letters (TBAAL) 2016 Summer Youth Arts Institute. The image on the screen shows a student standing, facing the camera and smiling. Other students are sitting down on either side of him. Grey stripes appear over white parts of the image on the screen, and red lines outline objects and people.

Photograph of Curtis King on stage on day 10 of the Black Academy of Arts and Letters (TBAAL) 2016 Summer Youth Arts Institute. King is sitting in a director's chair, facing to the left of the camera. He is extending his right arm out in front of him and pointing. A group of people can be seen on stage next to King, and appear to be conversing.

Video of interviews and practice footage from the Black Academy of Arts and Letters (TBAAL) Summer Youth Arts Institute on June 6, 2016.

Video of interviews and practice footage from the Black Academy of Arts and Letters (TBAAL) Summer Youth Arts Institute on June 6, 2016.

Video of practice footage from the Black Academy of Arts and Letters (TBAAL) Summer Youth Arts Institute on June 7, 2016.

Video of practice footage from the Black Academy of Arts and Letters (TBAAL) Summer Youth Arts Institute on June 8, 2016.

Video of practice footage from the Black Academy of Arts and Letters (TBAAL) Summer Youth Arts Institute on June 8, 2016.

Video of practice footage from the Black Academy of Arts and Letters (TBAAL) Summer Youth Arts Institute on June 8, 2016.

Video of practice footage from the Black Academy of Arts and Letters (TBAAL) Summer Youth Arts Institute on June 8, 2016.

Video of practice footage from the Black Academy of Arts and Letters (TBAAL) Summer Youth Arts Institute on June 9, 2016.

Video of practice footage from the Black Academy of Arts and Letters (TBAAL) Summer Youth Arts Institute on June 10, 2016.

Video of interviews and other footage from the Black Academy of Arts and Letters (TBAAL) Summer Youth Arts Institute on June 13, 2016.

Video of practice footage from the Black Academy of Arts and Letters (TBAAL) Summer Youth Arts Institute on June 14, 2016.

Video of practice footage from the Black Academy of Arts and Letters (TBAAL) Summer Youth Arts Institute on June 14, 2016.

Video of practice footage from the Black Academy of Arts and Letters (TBAAL) Summer Youth Arts Institute on June 15, 2016.