Another day, another Emmanuel don’t do it

United States, 10 JUL 2022

Film

This video features in a responsive display in the museum that presents the moments, stories and memes capturing the zeitgeist by going viral on the internet.

TikTok’s newest cute animal to become a viral sensation is an attention-seeking emu named Emmanuel from @KnuckleBumpFarms, a small hobby farm in Florida. Emmanuel’s most famous antics involve disrupting his owner, the influencer Taylor Blake, as she attempts to film content for her 2M followers. Blake runs the farm with her girlfriend Kristian Haggerty, who was previously one half of the first LGBT+ couple to appear on reality show The Bachelor in Paradise.

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Taylor Blake

Production places
United States
Production dates
10 JUL 2022

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Curatorial section

The Story of the Moving Image → Moving Minds → MM-09. Catch of the Day

Object Types

Moving image file/Digital

Materials

Screen recording from @knucklebumpfarms's TikTok

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