Through a lens darkly, black photographers and the emergence of a people, k. media ; Chimpanzee Productions ; a film by Thomas Allen Harris ; director, producer, writer, Thomas Allen Harris ; producer, Deborah Willis ; producer, Ann Bennett ; producer, Don Perry ; writers, Don Perry, Paul Carter Harrison ; a co-production of Through a Lens Darkly, LLC and the Independent Television Service (ITVS) ; produced in association with the National Black Programming Consortium (NBPC)
Type
Label
Through a lens darkly, black photographers and the emergence of a people, k. media ; Chimpanzee Productions ; a film by Thomas Allen Harris ; director, producer, writer, Thomas Allen Harris ; producer, Deborah Willis ; producer, Ann Bennett ; producer, Don Perry ; writers, Don Perry, Paul Carter Harrison ; a co-production of Through a Lens Darkly, LLC and the Independent Television Service (ITVS) ; produced in association with the National Black Programming Consortium (NBPC)
Language
eng
Characteristic
videorecording
Main title
Through a lens darkly
Oclc number
886652894
Responsibility statement
k. media ; Chimpanzee Productions ; a film by Thomas Allen Harris ; director, producer, writer, Thomas Allen Harris ; producer, Deborah Willis ; producer, Ann Bennett ; producer, Don Perry ; writers, Don Perry, Paul Carter Harrison ; a co-production of Through a Lens Darkly, LLC and the Independent Television Service (ITVS) ; produced in association with the National Black Programming Consortium (NBPC)
Runtime
92
Sub title
black photographers and the emergence of a people
Summary
Inspired by Deborah Willis's book Reflections in Black, Through a Lens Darkly casts a broad net that begins with filmmaker Thomas Allen Harris's family album. It considers the difference between black photographers who use the camera to define themselves, their people, and their culture and some white photographers who, historically, have demeaned African-Americans through racist imagery. The film embraces both historical material (African-Americans who were slaves, who fought in the Civil War, were victims of lynchings, or were pivotal in the Civil Rights Movement) and contemporary images made by such luminaries as Roy DeCarava, Gordon Parks, and Carrie Mae Weems. The film is a cornucopia of Americana that reveals deeply disturbing truths about the history of race relations while expressing joyous, life-affirming sentiments about the ability of artists and amateurs alike to assert their identity through the photographic lens
Table Of Contents
Extra features: Digital diaspora family album -- 14 bonus shorts -- Biographies
Technique
live action
Contributor
- K Period Media
- Singleton, John, 1968-2019
- Harris, Thomas Allen
- Willis, Deborah, 1948-
- Chimpanzee Productions
- First-Run Features (Firm)
- Harrison, Paul Carter, 1936-2021
- Independent Television Service
- Radwan, Martina
- Reid, Vernon
- Perry, Don
- National Black Programming Consortium
- Steward, Kimberly
- Bennett, Ann, (Producer)
Genre
Subject
- Documentary films
- Afronorteamericanos
- African Americans + Race identity
- Photographie + Aspect moral -- États-Unis
- African American photographers + History
- Documentaires
- Photography + Moral and ethical aspects -- United States
- Documentaries and Factual Films
- Black people in art
- History
- Personnes noires dans l'art
- Willis, Deborah, 1948- -- Film adaptations
- Nonfiction films
- Adaptations cinématographiques
- African Americans in art
- Films autres que de fiction
- Film adaptations
- Video recordings for the hearing impaired
- Feature films -- United States
- Photographes noirs américains + Histoire
- Noirs américains dans l'art
- Feature films
- Photography -- United States -- History
- Fotógrafos -- Estados Unidos -- Historia
- Photographie + Aspect social -- États-Unis
- Fotografía
- Photography + Social aspects -- United States
- United States -- Race relations -- History
- Noirs américains + Identité ethnique
- États-Unis -- Relations raciales -- Histoire
- Vidéos pour personnes handicapées auditives
Content
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Incoming Resources
- Has instance1
Outgoing Resources
- Contributor14
- K Period Media
- Singleton, John, 1968-2019
- Harris, Thomas Allen
- Willis, Deborah, 1948-
- Chimpanzee Productions
- First-Run Features (Firm)
- Harrison, Paul Carter, 1936-2021
- Independent Television Service
- Radwan, Martina
- Reid, Vernon
- Perry, Don
- National Black Programming Consortium
- Steward, Kimberly
- Bennett, Ann, (Producer)
- Genre11
- Subject31
- Documentary films
- Afronorteamericanos
- African Americans + Race identity
- Photographie + Aspect moral -- États-Unis
- African American photographers + History
- Documentaires
- Photography + Moral and ethical aspects -- United States
- Documentaries and Factual Films
- Black people in art
- History
- Personnes noires dans l'art
- Willis, Deborah, 1948- -- Film adaptations
- Nonfiction films
- Adaptations cinématographiques
- African Americans in art
- Films autres que de fiction
- Film adaptations
- Video recordings for the hearing impaired
- Feature films -- United States
- Photographes noirs américains + Histoire
- Noirs américains dans l'art
- Feature films
- Photography -- United States -- History
- Fotógrafos -- Estados Unidos -- Historia
- Photographie + Aspect social -- États-Unis
- Fotografía
- Photography + Social aspects -- United States
- United States -- Race relations -- History
- Noirs américains + Identité ethnique
- États-Unis -- Relations raciales -- Histoire
- Vidéos pour personnes handicapées auditives
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