The video “The Water Will Carry Us Home” by Gabriella Tesfaye invoked several emotions throughout the film. At first, I felt a sense of calmness and purification with the ladies singing in harmony and the sight of incense and candles burning. It reminded me of some sort of holistic chakra/reiki ceremony. Then, when the film cut to a drawing of a man (1:40) with no mouth and with two eyes tattooed on his hands I felt a little eerie because it seemed like the man was staring through my soul. One thing I did notice in this video was the Egyptian symbolism, the eyes tattooed on his hands is similar to the Egyptian god “Ra” and as well in the beginning (00:08 and 00:17) there are depictions of what might be Egyptian Pharaohs or figures. I assume this symbolism has something to do with the water spirit Omambala who is an ancient goddess whose power resides on both Earth and the “underworld” which is a popular setting in Egyptian culture. The scenes where the African slaves are thrown overboard and turn in to mermaids (4:15 and 4:50) is possibly a reference of Omambala taking them to the underworld where they can have eternal life. The ending where the lady wears seashells like headphones and plugs it into the sand could mean she is trying to reconnect with the African slaves Omambala took to the underworld (5:45).