Hammons argues that film provides a visceral entry point into the "anthropological perspective"—the ability to view one's own culture as a stranger might while empathizing with the unfamiliar.
: His own filmic work, such as the shorts "Rumor" and "Messengers," focuses on the everyday lives of marginalized people, using the camera to give weight to voices often excluded from mainstream state narratives. Intersectionality and the Construction of Gender Hammons argues that film provides a visceral entry
He chose the laughter.
