Medea
1973•7m•7.0•Released
DocumentaryHistory
Ben Caldwell’s Medea, a collage piece made on an animation stand and edited entirely in the camera, combines live action and rapidly edited still images of Africans and African Americans which function like flashes of history that the unborn child will inherit. Caldwell invokes Amiri Baraka’s poem “Part of the Doctrine” in this experimental meditation on art history, Black imagery, identity and heritage.
Director
Ben Caldwell
Writer
Ben Caldwell, Amiri Baraka
Languages
English
Studio
UCLA School of Film and Television
Production
Company
UCLA School of Film and Television
Producer
Ben Caldwell
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