Through a Lens Darkly: Black Photographers and the Emergence of a People (2014)
• August 27th, 2014 • 1h 32min
Documentary
Overview
The film explores the role of photography, since its rudimentary beginnings in the 1840s, in shaping the identity, aspirations, and social emergence of African Americans from slavery to the present. The dramatic arch is developed as a visual narrative that flows through the past 160 years to reveal black photography as an instrument for social change, an African American point-of-view on American history, and a particularized aesthetic vision.
Make sure to check your pop-up blocker!!
Trailer
Similar Movies
Burning Man: Beyond Black Rock
Released on: 2005-01-01
Documentary
BURNING MAN: BEYOND BLACK ROCK goes behind the scenes of a social revolution to explore the philosop...
Statues Also Die
Released on: 1953-05-01
Documentary
Short documentary commissioned by the magazine Présence Africaine. From the question "Why is the Afr...
Drawing the Line: A Portrait of Keith Haring
Released on: 1989-11-01
Documentary
Short documentary about artist Keith Haring, detailing his involvement in the New York City graffiti...
The Real Beauty and the Beast
Released on: 2013-06-14
Documentary
It's a condition known as "hypertrichosis" or "Ambras Syndrome," but in the 1500s it would transform...
Everything at Once (Paco & Manolo's Gaze)
Released on: 2021-04-08
Documentary
Paco and Manolo are two Catalan photographers from the outskirts of Barcelona who have been working ...
Standard Operating Procedure
Released on: 2008-02-12
Documentary, War
Errol Morris examines the incidents of abuse and torture of suspected terrorists at the hands of U.S...
National Gallery
Released on: 2014-10-08
Documentary
A portrait of the day-to-day operations of the National Gallery of London, that reveals the role of ...
The Curious World of Hieronymus Bosch
Released on: 2016-12-30
Documentary
Exhibition on Screen's latest release celebrates the life and masterpieces of Hieronymus Bosch broug...
A Story from Africa
Released on: 2019-02-07
Documentary
Following the 1884–85 Berlin Conference resolution on the partition of Africa, the Portuguese army u...
H*art On
Released on: 2017-10-20
Documentary
H*ART ON dives off the deep end of modern art. A film about the yearning to create, to mould everyda...
Bomb It
Released on: 2007-04-27
Documentary
Through interviews and guerilla footage of graffiti writers in action on five continents, the docume...
Ashes and Snow
Released on: 2005-03-05
Documentary, Drama
Ashes and Snow, a film by Gregory Colbert, uses both still and movie cameras to explore extraordinar...
The Work of Director Anton Corbijn
Released on: 2005-09-13
Documentary, Music
Legendary photographer and director Anton Corbijn is responsible for many of the most indelible and ...
Empire of the Nude: The Victorian Nude
Released on: 2001-01-01
Documentary, History
The Victorian era is often cited for its lack of sexuality, but as this documentary reveals, the per...
Nothing Changes: Art for Hank's Sake
Released on: 2018-06-20
Documentary
How far would you go to pursue your passion? At 87 years old, Hank Virgona commutes to his Union Squ...
I, Claude Monet
Released on: 2017-02-14
Documentary
From award-winning director Phil Grabsky comes this fresh new look at arguably the world’s favourite...
The Mona Lisa Curse
Released on: 2008-09-18
Documentary
The Mona Lisa Curse is a Grierson award-winning polemic documentary by art critic Robert Hughes that...
Logistics
Released on: 2012-01-01
Documentary
Logistics or Logistics Art Project is an experimental art film. At 51,420 minutes (857 hours or 35 d...
Minted
Released on: 2023-06-10
Documentary
A fascinating look at the intersection of art, commerce, and digital ownership through the rise and ...