African American Art Movies

  • 2014
    Through a Lens Darkly: Black Photographers and the Emergence of a People

    Through a Lens Darkly: Black Photographers and the Emergence of a People

    Through a Lens Darkly: Black Photographers and the Emergence of a People

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    The film explores the role of photography, since its rudimentary beginnings in the 1840s, in shaping the identity, aspirations, and social emergence...

    Through a Lens Darkly: Black Photographers and the Emergence of a People
  • 2019
    The Divided Soul of America

    The Divided Soul of America

    The Divided Soul of America

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    Under the Trump administration, USA is a deeply divided country. One side feeds populism and religious rectitude in a monochromatic landscape,...

    The Divided Soul of America
  • 1989
    That's Black Entertainment

    That's Black Entertainment

    That's Black Entertainment

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    This documentary presents clips from black films from 1929 through 1957.

    That's Black Entertainment
  • 2018
    Two Beats One Soul

    Two Beats One Soul

    Two Beats One Soul

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    Husband and wife music producers Ray Chew and Vivian Scott Chew embark on an ambitious two week journey to Cuba to create a collaboration of sounds...

    Two Beats One Soul
  • 2009
    Zakarya Diouf

    Zakarya Diouf

    Zakarya Diouf

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    Zakarya Diouf, winner of the San Francisco Foundation 2005 Community Leadership Awards (Helen Crocker Russell Award) - for his vision in unifying the...

    Zakarya Diouf
  • 2006
    George Clinton: Tales of Dr Funkenstein

    George Clinton: Tales of Dr Funkenstein

    George Clinton: Tales of Dr Funkenstein

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    Don Letts's hilarious and colourful profile of the godfather of funk, whose 50-year career has defined the genre. From his 1950s days running a...

    George Clinton: Tales of Dr Funkenstein
  • 2007
    Colored Frames

    Colored Frames

    Colored Frames

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    A look back at the last fifty years in African American art, Colored Frames is an unflinching exploration of influences, inspirations and experiences...

    Colored Frames
  • 1982
    Is That Jazz: A Mug-Shot Afterthought

    Is That Jazz: A Mug-Shot Afterthought

    Is That Jazz: A Mug-Shot Afterthought

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    Documentary about Gil Scott-Heron.

    Is That Jazz: A Mug-Shot Afterthought