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

Summary A film that explores how African American communities have used the camera as a tool for social change from the invention of photography to the present. This epic tale poetically moves between the present and the past, through contemporary photographers and artists whose images and stories seek to reconcile legacies of pride and shame while giving voice to images long suppressed, forgotten, and hidden from sight. View more details

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

Directed : Thomas Allen Harris

Written : Paul Carter Harrison Thomas Allen Harris Don Perry

Stars : Anthony Barboza Arthé Anthony Hugh Bell David G. Berger

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Genres : Family History Documentary

Release date : Jan 16, 2014

Countries of origin : United States

Official sites : First Run Features Official site

Language : English

Production companies : K Period Media Through a Lens Darkly

Summary A film that explores how African American communities have used the camera as a tool for social change from the invention of photography to the present. This epic tale poetically moves between the present and the past, through contemporary photographers and artists whose images and stories seek to reconcile legacies of pride and shame while giving voice to images long suppressed, forgotten, and hidden from sight. View more details

Details

Genres : Family History Documentary

Release date : Jan 16, 2014

Countries of origin : United States

Official sites : First Run Features Official site

Language : English

Production companies : K Period Media Through a Lens Darkly

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