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Black Art: In the Absence of Light

It framed it almost inan anthropological framework, which was the sightsand sounds of...

It framed it almost in
an anthropological framework, which was the sights
and sounds of Harlem from the 1900s to 1968

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It framed it almost in an anthropological framework,
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which was the sights and sounds of Harlem
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from the 1900s to 1968.
Duration
12 seconds
Views
44
Timestamp in Movie
00:15:58
Uploaded
May 10, 2025
Genres
documentary
Production
HBO Documentary Films,Two Dollars and a Dream

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An in-depth look at the works of up-and-coming Black visual artists.
It did not take into account - Black Art: In the Absence of Light 00:07
It did not take into account
For all of the desires of the curators, - Black Art: In the Absence of Light 00:07
For all of the desires of the curators,
I think it is an honest portrayal - Black Art: In the Absence of Light 00:12
I think it is an honest portrayal
REPORTER: Some people, especially some Harlem citizens - Black Art: In the Absence of Light 00:11
REPORTER: Some people, especially some Harlem citizens
They said that Harlem people, Harlem-born people, - Black Art: In the Absence of Light 00:08
They said that Harlem people, Harlem-born people,
They said it's too slick, - Black Art: In the Absence of Light 00:06
They said it's too slick,
On the other hand, uh, there have been others, - Black Art: In the Absence of Light 00:16
On the other hand, uh, there have been others,
Again, this is, uh, these diametrically opposed opinions. - Black Art: In the Absence of Light 00:05
Again, this is, uh, these diametrically opposed opinions.
Harlem as a kind of fanciful, mystical magical subject - Black Art: In the Absence of Light 00:10
Harlem as a kind of fanciful, mystical magical subject
But the artists who were doing the work, - Black Art: In the Absence of Light 00:07
But the artists who were doing the work,
And that exception is that they included the photographs - Black Art: In the Absence of Light 00:06
And that exception is that they included the photographs
The fact that they included him turned out to be a revelation. - Black Art: In the Absence of Light 00:06
The fact that they included him turned out to be a revelatio...
Because Van Der Zee's work documented much of the cultural - Black Art: In the Absence of Light 00:08
Because Van Der Zee's work documented much of the cultu...
The rituals and ceremonies of people who lived there. - Black Art: In the Absence of Light 00:05
The rituals and ceremonies of people who lived there.
And his name became a name we all knew, - Black Art: In the Absence of Light 00:06
And his name became a name we all knew,
DAVID: My reaction was that - Black Art: In the Absence of Light 00:16
DAVID: My reaction was that
Doing The Two Centuries gave me the chance - Black Art: In the Absence of Light 00:15
Doing The Two Centuries gave me the chance
MARY: People like Romare Bearden, - Black Art: In the Absence of Light 00:10
MARY: People like Romare Bearden,
MAURICE: Why are museums so resistant - Black Art: In the Absence of Light 00:10
MAURICE: Why are museums so resistant
For the first time, perhaps ever, - Black Art: In the Absence of Light 00:09
For the first time, perhaps ever,