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Black Art: In the Absence of Light

I don't seeThe Studio Museum as the only place for funneling Black talentinto the...

DAVID: I don't see
The Studio Museum as the only place for funneling Black talent
into the mainstream, if there is such a thing
as the mainstream

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DAVID: I don't see The Studio Museum
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as the only place for funneling
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Black talent into the mainstream,
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if there is such a thing as the mainstream.
Duration
11 seconds
Views
26
Timestamp in Movie
01:13:46
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 think it's one of the major places. - Black Art: In the Absence of Light 00:05
I think it's one of the major places.
I think Black colleges and universities - Black Art: In the Absence of Light 00:10
I think Black colleges and universities
Without the work of historically Black colleges and universities, - Black Art: In the Absence of Light 00:08
Without the work of historically Black colleges and universi...
DAVID: The HBCUs have not been given - Black Art: In the Absence of Light 00:06
DAVID: The HBCUs have not been given
When nobody else was out there championing in these artists, - Black Art: In the Absence of Light 00:17
When nobody else was out there championing in these artists,
RUJEKO HOCKLEY: When we think of Clark Atlanta, - Black Art: In the Absence of Light 00:12
RUJEKO HOCKLEY: When we think of Clark Atlanta,
They were the patrons of African American artists. - Black Art: In the Absence of Light 00:04
They were the patrons of African American artists.
So that's why these institutions - Black Art: In the Absence of Light 00:08
So that's why these institutions
I think one of the most exciting things about - Black Art: In the Absence of Light 00:11
I think one of the most exciting things about
My artistic forebearers, - Black Art: In the Absence of Light 00:24
My artistic forebearers,
It's about having a sense - Black Art: In the Absence of Light 00:06
It's about having a sense
Lesser understood, unbuilt... - Black Art: In the Absence of Light 00:05
Lesser understood, unbuilt...
Dirt, that with skill and a knowledge of form... - Black Art: In the Absence of Light 00:06
Dirt, that with skill and a knowledge of form...
One could then take this stuff - Black Art: In the Absence of Light 00:06
One could then take this stuff
And that the only limitation between dirt - Black Art: In the Absence of Light 00:09
And that the only limitation between dirt
And so, this idea that we could be, uh, active participants - Black Art: In the Absence of Light 00:10
And so, this idea that we could be, uh, active participants
And that the actors, the makers of the 60s and 70s, - Black Art: In the Absence of Light 00:10
And that the actors, the makers of the 60s and 70s,
♪ (MUSIC STOPS) ♪ - Black Art: In the Absence of Light 00:08
♪ (MUSIC STOPS) ♪
There were, like, all these amazing makers. - Black Art: In the Absence of Light 00:04
There were, like, all these amazing makers.
I, like, read and read - Black Art: In the Absence of Light 00:06
I, like, read and read