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Black Art: In the Absence of Light

They said it's too slick, and that it lacks sensitivity

They said it's too slick, and that it lacks sensitivity

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They said it's too slick,
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and that it lacks sensitivity.
Duration
6 seconds
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35
Timestamp in Movie
00:17:02
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.
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,
Faith Ringgold was a prime agitator in this time period. - Black Art: In the Absence of Light 00:05
Faith Ringgold was a prime agitator in this time period.
She was protesting at The Whitney, - Black Art: In the Absence of Light 00:06
She was protesting at The Whitney,
I believe thoroughly and completely in freedom of speech. - Black Art: In the Absence of Light 00:06
I believe thoroughly and completely in freedom of speech.
♪ (QUIET MUSIC PLAYING) ♪ - Black Art: In the Absence of Light 00:11
♪ (QUIET MUSIC PLAYING) ♪
And what I heard was this, - Black Art: In the Absence of Light 00:06
And what I heard was this,
And, um, Studio Museum did not give her a show. - Black Art: In the Absence of Light 00:06
And, um, Studio Museum did not give her a show.