Carl Harrison Jr. is an innovative interdisciplinary filmmaker and artist based in New Orleans whose work explores the intersections of cultural memory, land, and Black and Indigenous traditions. Through a mix of documentary, animation, installation, and community-centered storytelling, Carl creates immersive experiences that honor ancestral knowledge and imagine liberatory futures. His recent projects, including Eve’s Garden, blend oral histories with visual poetry to cultivate deep connections between people, place, and the natural world. Grounded in both art and activism, Carl’s work is rooted in the soil of the Gulf South and grows from a desire to preserve heritage while nourishing collective transformation.

During his residency at A Studio in the Woods, he will be continuing work on Eve’s Garden: Seasons of the Soul, a hybrid personal documentary that explores the intersection of family, land, and memory in the Saint Roch neighborhood of New Orleans. Rooted in the story of his great-grandmother Eve and the food forest created in her honor, the project weaves oral history, filmmaking, and land-based practices into a living archive of Black and Indigenous resilience.