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Title:

Through a lens darkly [dvd] : 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 ; executive producers, John Singleton, Kimberly Steward ; 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 (NPBC).

Format:

[dvd] :

Edition:

Widescreen.

Publisher:

First Run Features,

Copyright Date:

2014

Description:

1 videodisc (92 min.) sound, color, black and white ; 4 3/4 in.

Subject:

African American photographers--History.
Photography--United States--History.
Photography--Social aspects--United States.
Photography--Moral and ethical aspects--United States.
African Americans in art.
African Americans--Race identity.
Blacks in art.
United States--History.--History.
Documentary films.
Nonfiction films.
Feature films.
Video recordings for the hearing impaired.

Other Authors:

Harris, Thomas Allen, screenwriter. film producer, screenwriter.
Bennett, Ann (Producer), film producer.
Perry, Don, screenwriter. screenwriter.
Singleton, John, 1968- film producer. 91823
Steward, Kimberly, film producer.
Harrison, Paul Carter, 1936- screenwriter. 113910
Reid, Vernon, composer (expression) 536263
Radwan, Martina, director of photography.
Motion picture inspired by (work): Willis, Deborah, 1948- Reflections in Black.
K Period Media (Firm), production company.
Chimpanzee Productions, production company.
Independent Television Service, production company. 438170
National Black Programming Consortium, production company.
First-Run Features (Firm), film distributor. 167101
509194 Willis, Deborah, 1948- film producer.

Notes:

Inspired by the book 'Reflections in black : a history of black photographers 1840 to the present' by Deborah Willis. Originally released as a documentary film in 2014.

Contents:

Extra features: Digital diaspora family reuinion; Bonus shorts; Biographies.

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.

OCLC:

(OCoLC)886652894

UPC:

720229916387

Locations:

KSPG296 -- Burlington Public Library (Burlington)

CDPF771 -- Clive Public Library (Clive)

OIAX792 -- Grinnell College (Grinnell)