Arthur Jafa born 1960, in Mississippi, and studied Architecture and FilmHoward University in Washington, D.C. Jafa is a cultural critic/worker, visual artist and African diasporic organic intellectual. He often uses film to investigate issues surrounding black cultural politics and black cultural nationalism; is known for his longterm quest for an “authentic” black cinema. In his words “the idea(s) is obvious, the implementation is not.”
He is the director of Slowly This (1995), Tree (1999), and Deshotten1.0 (2009). His cinematography credits include Julie Dash’s Daughters of the Dust (1991), John Akomfrah’s Seven Songs for Malcolm X (1993); Spike Lee’sCrooklyn (1994), and Manthia Diawara’s Rouch in Reverse (1995).
Arthur Jafa’s essay “69”: http://www.blackculturalstudies.org/a_jafa/69.html
Lecture at M.I.T : http://mit.tv/YiRxqB
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