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Movies / 2014

2014

Through a Lens Darkly: Black Photographers and the Emergence of a People

1h 32mDocumentary Family

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.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 develo... Read more

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Watch "Through a Lens Darkly: Black Photographers and the Emergence of a People" from streaming services Tubi TV, Fandor, Apple TV+ (itunes) released in 2014. It's a documentary and family movie, and has a rating of 7.2 out of 10 from Imdb which is usually fine for this kind of movie.