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Black Art: In the Absence of Light

Because she understoodthat it wasn't just an issue about Black artists, it was an issue of...

Because she understood
that it wasn't just an issue about Black artists, it was an issue of gender
as-- as well as race

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Because she understood that it wasn't just an issue
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about Black artists,
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it was an issue of gender as-- as well as race.
Duration
7 seconds
Views
32
Timestamp in Movie
00:20:22
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.
I was not invited to sit down with the men - Black Art: In the Absence of Light 00:08
I was not invited to sit down with the men
I realized I was really doing the right thing - Black Art: In the Absence of Light 00:10
I realized I was really doing the right thing
Faith Ringgold is an artist who hasn't received - Black Art: In the Absence of Light 00:13
Faith Ringgold is an artist who hasn't received
Her political work also had such an invective, - Black Art: In the Absence of Light 00:07
Her political work also had such an invective,
I did what I wanted to do, and, uh, paid the price. - Black Art: In the Absence of Light 00:06
I did what I wanted to do, and, uh, paid the price.
I think it's also partly that she is... - Black Art: In the Absence of Light 00:04
I think it's also partly that she is...
Extremely courageous, ahead of her time. - Black Art: In the Absence of Light 00:05
Extremely courageous, ahead of her time.
Very fierce in her work, loving in her work. - Black Art: In the Absence of Light 00:04
Very fierce in her work, loving in her work.
She doesn't accept anyone else's leadership - Black Art: In the Absence of Light 00:06
She doesn't accept anyone else's leadership
Which by the way, I think is what it means to be an artist. - Black Art: In the Absence of Light 00:05
Which by the way, I think is what it means to be an artist.
DAVID: One of the great American artists, - Black Art: In the Absence of Light 00:06
DAVID: One of the great American artists,
It was in the tradition - Black Art: In the Absence of Light 00:05
It was in the tradition
Of Bannister, of Duncanson, - Black Art: In the Absence of Light 00:15
Of Bannister, of Duncanson,
They look like landscapes, but they're mindscapes. - Black Art: In the Absence of Light 00:05
They look like landscapes, but they're mindscapes.
(CHUCKLES) - Black Art: In the Absence of Light 00:09
(CHUCKLES)
I-- I used to see painters, - Black Art: In the Absence of Light 00:06
I-- I used to see painters,
And it was fascinating, watching the magic wand as you call it, - Black Art: In the Absence of Light 00:09
And it was fascinating, watching the magic wand as you call ...
So that kind of thrilled me just seeing that - Black Art: In the Absence of Light 00:08
So that kind of thrilled me just seeing that
The mystique and the magic of it. - Black Art: In the Absence of Light 00:04
The mystique and the magic of it.
Well, I was drawing all the time, constantly drawing. - Black Art: In the Absence of Light 00:04
Well, I was drawing all the time, constantly drawing.