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Aug 6, 1991 · Hidden Heritage: The Roots of Black American Painting. TV Movie. 1991. 52m. YOUR RATING. Rate. Documentary. Add a plot in your language. Director. Andrew Piddington. Star. David Driskell. See production info at IMDbPro. Add to Watchlist. Photos. Add photo. Top cast. David Driskell. Self - Narrator. Director. Andrew Piddington. All cast & crew.
- Andrew Piddington
- David Driskell
Directed by Andrew Piddington • Documentary • With David Driskell • 1991 • 52 minutes David Driskell, the pathbreaking art history professor and artist, is the focus of HIDDEN HERITAGE: THE ROOTS OF BLACK AMERICAN PAINTING. He made it his life mission to trace the work of Black artists from the ...
He made it his life mission to trace the work of Black artists from the American Revolution to World War II, by placing the artists' individual achievements in the context of social change, abolition of slavery, Jim Crow laws, racial violence and segregation. Andrew Piddington. Director. Top Billed Cast. We don't have any cast added to this movie.
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Driskell talks about black Americans being asked to confront their African roots. Engravings and paintings illustrating initial consequences of slavery: men being chained, women running with their babies, men and women being punished, conditions on slave ship, slave auction.
- Andrew Piddington
- 52 minutes
- Cue
- 1990
Montage of cabaret footage, musicians, dancers, etc. Commentary asks how this movement could have happened at a time when black Americans were still being lynched by whites. Driver. VO talks about telling the story of African Americans, going back to the days of the kingdoms of Ife and Benin, a long tradition which can lead to a glorious future.
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