Скачать или смотреть The Locket - an AI-generated film by Hillary Wright

The Locket is my entry to the 1 Billion Followers Summit AI Film Awards sponsored by Google. In the narrative, I tell the fact-based story of Matilda McCrear (1857 - 1940) the last survivor of the Middle Passage from Benin, Africa to the United States. She was, in a very important way, the last slave. The story starts with her great granddaughter opening Matilda's locket which takes her on a magical journey where she experiences Matilda recounting her life story as a slave and free woman sharecropper during the Civil War, Reconstruction and Jim Crow-era Alabama.

I was inspired to retell Matilda's story after seeing a post about her on Instagram. She led an amazing life that should never be forgotten. I created this film using Google's AI tools exclusively including Whisk, Flow, and VEO 3. I used ElevenLabs to create a voice that sounded authentic to Matilda's time and I used Veed for editing. It was a true pleasure bringing Matilda's story to life.