Movies: African american art

  • 2006
    George Clinton: Tales of Dr Funkenstein

    George Clinton: Tales of Dr Funkenstein (2006)

    George Clinton: Tales of Dr Funkenstein

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    Don Letts's hilarious and colourful profile of the godfather of funk, whose 50-year career has defined the genre. From his 1950s days running a doo-wop group out of the back of his barber store, through the madness of the monster Parliament/Funkadeli...

    George Clinton: Tales of Dr Funkenstein
  • 2019
    The Divided Soul of America

    The Divided Soul of America (2019)

    The Divided Soul of America

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    Under the Trump administration, USA is a deeply divided country. One side feeds populism and religious rectitude in a monochromatic landscape, painted white, lamenting for a past that never will return. The other side fuels diversity and multicultura...

    The Divided Soul of America
  • 2014
    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)

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

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    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 narrativ...

    Through a Lens Darkly: Black Photographers and the Emergence of a People
  • 2007
    Colored Frames

    Colored Frames (2007)

    Colored Frames

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    A look back at the last fifty years in African American art, Colored Frames is an unflinching exploration of influences, inspirations and experiences of black artists. Beginning at the height of the Civil Rights Era and leading up to the present, it ...

    Colored Frames
  • 1989
    That's Black Entertainment

    That's Black Entertainment (1989)

    That's Black Entertainment

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    This documentary presents clips from black films from 1929 through 1957....

    That's Black Entertainment
  • 1982
    Is That Jazz: A Mug-Shot Afterthought

    Is That Jazz: A Mug-Shot Afterthought (1982)

    Is That Jazz: A Mug-Shot Afterthought

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    Documentary about Gil Scott-Heron....

    Is That Jazz: A Mug-Shot Afterthought
  • 2018
    Two Beats One Soul

    Two Beats One Soul (2018)

    Two Beats One Soul

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    Husband and wife music producers Ray Chew and Vivian Scott Chew embark on an ambitious two week journey to Cuba to create a collaboration of sounds which originated from Afro-Caribbean roots that has evolved into what we now consider modern day Salsa...

    Two Beats One Soul
  • 2009
    Zakarya Diouf

    Zakarya Diouf (2009)

    Zakarya Diouf

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    Zakarya Diouf, winner of the San Francisco Foundation 2005 Community Leadership Awards (Helen Crocker Russell Award) - for his vision in unifying the African cultural arts community, for serving as a mentor and educator of young artists, and for his ...

    Zakarya Diouf