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

Through a Lens Darkly: Black Photographers and the Emergence of a People - (2014)Released

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.

Genres

Documentary

Production Countries

United States of America

Production Companies

K Period Media

Spoken Languages

English

Release Date

2014-08-27

Budget

N/A

Revenue

N/A

Runtime

92 minutes

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