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

1h 32m

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

Name: Through a Lens Darkly: Black Photographers and the Emergence of a People
Genre: Documentary, History, Kids & Family
Released: 2014-08-27

1h 32m

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August 27, 2014
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Plot.

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.

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Cast & Crew.

Thomas Allen Harris

Director / Writer / Producer

Don Perry

Writer

Ann Bennett

Producer

Miles Jay

Composer

Vernon Reid

Composer

Matthew Cohn

Editor

K.A. Miille

Editor

Billy Gerard Frank

ProductionDesigner

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

Details.

Release Date
August 27, 2014

Status
Released

Running Time
1h 32m

Genres
Documentary History Kids & Family

Last updated: 2025-02-12

This Movie Is About.

photography

art

african american art

Wiki.

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. The film had its premiere at the 2014 Sundance Film Festival on January 17, 2014.

The film later screened at 64th Berlin International Film Festival in February 2014. The film also screened at 2014 Santa Barbara International Film Festival on 5 February 2014. It won the Justice Award at the festival. The film had a theatrical release on August 27, 2014 in United States.