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Black Art: In the Absence of Light

I usually have a notebook and I just write down thingsduring the period of research

I usually have a notebook and I just write down things
during the period of research

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I usually have a notebook
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and I just write down things during the period of research.
Duration
6 seconds
Views
20
Timestamp in Movie
00:50:47
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, you know, things that I see, that I want to see again, - Black Art: In the Absence of Light 00:05
It's, you know, things that I see, that I want to see a...
What you see or view is one thing - Black Art: In the Absence of Light 00:05
What you see or view is one thing
Whereas the public only sees what is created for them - Black Art: In the Absence of Light 00:10
Whereas the public only sees what is created for them
And I'm seeing what's not being discussed, - Black Art: In the Absence of Light 00:08
And I'm seeing what's not being discussed,
It's the underbelly, it's what the museum-- It is, - Black Art: In the Absence of Light 00:06
It's the underbelly, it's what the museum-- It is,
Museums now understand that they need to tell a counternarrative - Black Art: In the Absence of Light 00:08
Museums now understand that they need to tell a counternarra...
They need to correct what stories haven't been told - Black Art: In the Absence of Light 00:06
They need to correct what stories haven't been told
Through the displays that-- - Black Art: In the Absence of Light 00:05
Through the displays that--
♪ (HIP HOP MUSIC PLAYING) ♪ - Black Art: In the Absence of Light 00:10
♪ (HIP HOP MUSIC PLAYING) ♪
Here for the first time, you're seeing Black masculinity - Black Art: In the Absence of Light 00:11
Here for the first time, you're seeing Black masculinit...
An exhibition that really tore down - Black Art: In the Absence of Light 00:05
An exhibition that really tore down
GLENN LIGON: Thelma asked me to participate in that show - Black Art: In the Absence of Light 00:13
GLENN LIGON: Thelma asked me to participate in that show
It was really, really engaged with notions of identity, - Black Art: In the Absence of Light 00:13
It was really, really engaged with notions of identity,
DAVID: There had been all of this talk about - Black Art: In the Absence of Light 00:10
DAVID: There had been all of this talk about
When an exhibition was put together - Black Art: In the Absence of Light 00:08
When an exhibition was put together
About the African American male, it was a shock. - Black Art: In the Absence of Light 00:05
About the African American male, it was a shock.
And yet it was a revelation, - Black Art: In the Absence of Light 00:06
And yet it was a revelation,
To show the nuances, the beauty, - Black Art: In the Absence of Light 00:10
To show the nuances, the beauty,
Was very important to put that into the larger conversation. - Black Art: In the Absence of Light 00:05
Was very important to put that into the larger conversation.
The fears of otherness are so played out - Black Art: In the Absence of Light 00:17
The fears of otherness are so played out