Black Art: In the Absence of Light

Black Art: In the Absence of Light (2024)

2024

Documentary

8.2 from 10 with total 5 votes

2021-02-09

85 minutes

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.\"

Kerry James Marshall character Self

Kehinde Wiley character Self

Carrie Mae Weems character Self

Amy Sherald character Self

Jordan Casteel character Self

Hank Willis Thomas character Self

Mary LoveLace O'Neal character Self

Richard Mayhew character Self

Lyle Ashton Harris character Self

Radcliffe Bailey character Self

Glenn Ligon character Self

Kara Walker character Self

Fred Wilson character Self

Theaster Gates character Self

Nick Cave character Self

Kendall Carter character Self

Sanford Biggers character Self

David C. Driskell character Self

Faith Ringgold character Self

Alison Saar character Self

Betye Saar character Self

McArthur Binion character Self

Valerie Cassel Oliver character Self

Mary Schmidt Campbell character Self

Sarah Lewis character Self

Swizz Beatz character Self (as Kaseem Dean 'Swiss Beats')

Denise Nicholas character Self

Pamela Newkirk character Self

Michele Wallace character Self

Rujeko Hockley character Self

Linda C. Harrison character Self

Bernard Lumpkin character Self

Richard J. Powell character Self (as Richard Powell)

Maurice Berger character Self (archive footage)

Tom Brokaw character Self (archive footage)