What I Carried Home
There is a history behind the work you see me sharing now.
Before the published books, before the company, before I could introduce myself as the founder of Zuri World Studios, there were years of creating without knowing what would become of it.
During my 28 years of incarceration, I wrote. I developed characters, imagined worlds, and worked through ideas whose possibilities I am still discovering. Publication was uncertain. The practical steps between an idea and its life in the world were often beyond my reach. Still, I gave those ideas my attention.
Today, building Zuri World Studios means returning to that work with opportunities, responsibilities, and skills I did not have then. It means deciding what is ready to be shared, what needs further development, and what I need to learn to bring it forward.
I created “What I Carried Home” to make that connection visible.
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The film brings together release-day footage, my physical archive, my voice, and glimpses of the work taking shape today. These are materials I have kept, lived with, and continued to build from.
For those who have followed my writing, this is an opportunity to see part of its history. For those meeting me here for the first time, welcome. I’m Mpingo Uhuru, and this is a place to begin.
Watch “What I Carried Home” on Substackhttps://mpingouhuru.substack.com/p/what-i-carried-home
What I Carried Home
A short film from Zuri World Studios
Story, narration, and creative direction: Mpingo Uhuru
Elegance. Representation. Liberation.
Music: “Vibing Over Venus” by Kevin MacLeod (https://incompetech.com).
Licensed under Creative Commons Attribution 4.0: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/
Edited for length and volume.
