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Black Art: In the Absence of Light

So the fact that peoplewere asking that question was a clear evidence thatwe really did...

So the fact that people
were asking that question was a clear evidence that
we really did need that museum

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So the fact that people were asking that question
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was a clear evidence that we really did need that museum.
Duration
8 seconds
Views
20
Timestamp in Movie
01:12:58
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.
I am still at the Studio Museum. (LAUGHS) - Black Art: In the Absence of Light 00:07
I am still at the Studio Museum. (LAUGHS)
Is still the focal point - Black Art: In the Absence of Light 00:12
Is still the focal point
It is one of the most important institutions - Black Art: In the Absence of Light 00:04
It is one of the most important institutions
And what Thelma, uh, is doing there, um-- - Black Art: In the Absence of Light 00:06
And what Thelma, uh, is doing there, um--
Uh, the way she's led the organization - Black Art: In the Absence of Light 00:09
Uh, the way she's led the organization
DAVID: I don't see The Studio Museum - Black Art: In the Absence of Light 00:11
DAVID: I don't see The Studio Museum
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