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Black Art: In the Absence of Light

You can understandfrom experience, the value of places like that for creating what...

You can understand
from experience, the value of places like that for creating what people
understand to be community

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You can understand from experience,
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the value of places like that
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for creating what people understand to be community.
Duration
11 seconds
Views
33
Timestamp in Movie
01:11:49
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.
So it's the place where you can go - Black Art: In the Absence of Light 00:08
So it's the place where you can go
And it mattered, that there was a place - Black Art: In the Absence of Light 00:09
And it mattered, that there was a place
That all still-- That mattered too... (CHUCKLES) - Black Art: In the Absence of Light 00:05
That all still-- That mattered too... (CHUCKLES)
It was one of the places that appreciated and showcased - Black Art: In the Absence of Light 00:09
It was one of the places that appreciated and showcased
And I was very honored to be invited to New York City - Black Art: In the Absence of Light 00:07
And I was very honored to be invited to New York City
The people who funded the arts and who supported the arts, - Black Art: In the Absence of Light 00:08
The people who funded the arts and who supported the arts,
You know, why do-- why do you even need a museum? - Black Art: In the Absence of Light 00:05
You know, why do-- why do you even need a museum?
So the fact that people were asking that question - Black Art: In the Absence of Light 00:08
So the fact that people were asking that question
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,