Through a Lens Darkly: Black Photographers and the Emergence of a People
2014•1h 32m•6.2•Released
Documentary
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.
Director
Thomas Allen Harris
Writer
Thomas Allen Harris
Languages
English
Studio
K Period Media
Production
Company
K Period Media
Producer
Thomas Allen Harris
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