Wednesday, February 26, 2014

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


NEW YORK PREMIERE!
Friday, February 28, 2014, 8:00 p.m.

Discussion with director Thomas Allen Harris and photo historian Deborah Willis immediately after screening

Theater 1 (The Roy and Niuta Titus Theater 1), T1
11 West 53rd Street
New York, NY

Summary: 
Inspired by photographer and curator Deborah Willis's groundbreaking book Reflections in Black, this visual narrative reveals how, since the 1840s, photography by African Americans has played a major role in shaping the identity, aspirations, and social emergence of African Americans from slavery to the present. Directed by Thomas Allen Harris. 87 min.











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