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Black Art: In the Absence of Light

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And he has an ability to bring all of those
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And he has an ability to
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bring all of those fragments together.
Duration
5 seconds
Views
20
Timestamp in Movie
00:35:09
Uploaded
May 10, 2025
Genres
documentary
Production
HBO Documentary Films,Two Dollars and a Dream

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Movie Summary

An in-depth look at the works of up-and-coming Black visual artists.
It's telling a story. It's telling us about our past. - Black Art: In the Absence of Light 00:05
It's telling a story. It's telling us about our pa...
Radcliffe Bailey, for me, kind of represents - Black Art: In the Absence of Light 00:07
Radcliffe Bailey, for me, kind of represents
♪ (JAZZ MUSIC PLAYING) ♪ - Black Art: In the Absence of Light 00:07
♪ (JAZZ MUSIC PLAYING) ♪
This is where I think about the future. - Black Art: In the Absence of Light 00:04
This is where I think about the future.
I think about the past, I ask questions. - Black Art: In the Absence of Light 00:06
I think about the past, I ask questions.
I have to separate myself from everyday life... - Black Art: In the Absence of Light 00:05
I have to separate myself from everyday life...
So I have to tune out everybody, everyone. - Black Art: In the Absence of Light 00:05
So I have to tune out everybody, everyone.
Um, it's usually sometimes-- it's in the middle of the night. - Black Art: In the Absence of Light 00:05
Um, it's usually sometimes-- it's in the middle of...
And then I kinda come in here - Black Art: In the Absence of Light 00:05
And then I kinda come in here
The obsession with light is at once visual, - Black Art: In the Absence of Light 00:06
The obsession with light is at once visual,
♪ (QUIET MUSIC PLAYING) ♪ - Black Art: In the Absence of Light 00:20
♪ (QUIET MUSIC PLAYING) ♪
This week, the official portraits of former president Barack Obama - Black Art: In the Absence of Light 00:07
This week, the official portraits of former president Barack...
(AUDIENCE APPLAUDS) - Black Art: In the Absence of Light 00:12
(AUDIENCE APPLAUDS)
(AUDIENCE APPLAUDS) - Black Art: In the Absence of Light 00:09
(AUDIENCE APPLAUDS)
It's both-- it's both beautiful and it's a challenge. - Black Art: In the Absence of Light 00:05
It's both-- it's both beautiful and it's a ch...
What I was always struck by, whenever I saw his portraits... - Black Art: In the Absence of Light 00:05
What I was always struck by, whenever I saw his portraits...
Was the degree to which they challenged - Black Art: In the Absence of Light 00:08
Was the degree to which they challenged
MAURICE: There's something about that portrait - Black Art: In the Absence of Light 00:10
MAURICE: There's something about that portrait
I-- I googled portraits of presidents - Black Art: In the Absence of Light 00:06
I-- I googled portraits of presidents
All of the terrible, terrible portraits of presidents - Black Art: In the Absence of Light 00:14
All of the terrible, terrible portraits of presidents