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

MUSEUM OF MODERN ART

Theater 1 (The Roy and Niuta Titus Theater 1), T1

11 West 53^rd 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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Through A Lens Darkly: History and Identity in African American Photography

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