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Black Art: In the Absence of Light

2021· 1h 25m

Documentary

Directed by Sam Pollard

6.8/ 10

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Overview

An introduction to the work of some of the foremost Black visual artists working today, inspired by the late David Driskell's landmark 1976 exhibition, "Two Centuries of Black American Art."

Cast

Kerry James Marshall

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Kehinde Wiley

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Carrie Mae Weems

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Amy Sherald

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Jordan Casteel

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Hank Willis Thomas

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