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Jan 17, 2014 · With Arthé Anthony, Anthony Barboza, Hugh Bell, David G. Berger. 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.
The first documentary to explore the role of photography in shaping the identity, aspirations, and social emergence of African Americans from slavery to the present, Through a Lens Darkly:...
Aug 27, 2014 · Through a Lens Darkly: Black Photographers and the Emergence of a People (2014) 90 minutes. In telling this story and exploring its meanings, Harris’ well-crafted film uses interviews with a number of historians and black photographers. But its greatest asset is the trove of photographs it marshals.
Through a Lens Darkly: Black Photographers and the Emergence of a People is a 2014 documentary film directed by Thomas Allen Harris. It is inspired by Reflections in Black: A History of Black Photographers 1840 to the Present by Deborah Willis, who also produced the film.
Jun 19, 2020 · Directed by award-winning filmmaker Thomas Allen Harris, "Through a Lens Darkly: Black Photographers and the Emergence of a People" is the first documentary ...
Jan 9, 2014 · The first documentary to explore the role of photography in shaping the identity, aspirations, and social emergence of African Americans from slavery to the ...
Through a Lens Darkly: Black Photographers and the Emergence of a People is the first documentary to explore the role of photography in shaping the identity, aspirations, and social emergence of African Americans from slavery to the present.
“This will be the first film to vividly bring to life the individual photographers and photographer collectives–both anonymous and celebrated–whose images and personalities helped define and transform the lives of African Americans through the magic and power of the camera lens.”
Through A Lens Darkly: Black Photographers and the Emergence of a People explores the history of Black photography and representation, and how contemporary artists use this material as inspiration in their visual storytelling.
Feb 16, 2015 · The film's subtitle resolves any mystery — Black Photographers and the Emergence of A People. Here, African-American photographers are central to telling, preserving and reclaiming stories long...
