Through a Lens Darkly: Black Photographers and the Emergence of a People (2014)
90 min
The film explores the role of photography, since its rudimentary beginnings in the 1840s, in shaping the identity, aspirations, and social emergence of African Americans from slavery to the present. The dramatic arch is developed as a visual narrative that flows through the past 160 years to reveal black photography as an instrument for social change, an African American point-of-view on American history, and a particularized aesthetic vision.
- Release date
- August 27, 2014
- Country of origin
- United States
- Music
- Miles Jay, Vernon Reid
Trailer
Cast
- Arthé Anthony as Self
- Anthony Barboza as Self
- Hugh Bell as Self
- David G. Berger as Self
- Dawoud Bey as Self
- Sheila Pree Bright as Self
- Marcus Bruce as Self
- Michael Chambers as Self
- Albert Chong as Self
- Lisa Gail Collins as Self
Crew
- Thomas Allen Harris · Director
- Thomas Allen Harris · Writer
- Don Perry · Writer
- Deborah Willis · Writer
- Ann Bennett · Producer
- Thomas Allen Harris · Producer
- Don Perry · Producer
- Deborah Willis · Producer
- Miles Jay · Composer
- Vernon Reid · Composer
- Martina Radwan · Cinematographer
- Matthew Cohn · Editor
- K.A. Miille · Editor
- Sam Pollard · Editor
- Billy Gerard Frank · Production designer