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SUMMARY:FILM SCREENING & DISCUSSION "Through a Lens Darkly Black Photographers and Emergence of a People" with Filmmaker & Director\,  Thomas Allen Harris
DESCRIPTION:DATE & TIME: Thursday\, March 12\, 2015 – 6:00pm – 8:00pm\n\n\n\nLocation: Columbia School of Social Work: Room CO-3 \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n1255 Amsterdam Avenue (123rd Street & Amsterdam Avenue) \nFree & Open to the Public; First Come First Seated; Limited Seating- \n\nFilm Trailer can be viewed at http://youtu.be/o4Kd1GfkfW4\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nSYNOPSIS\nThrough A Lens Darkly: Black Photographers and the Emergence of a People explores the history of Black photography and  representation\, and how contemporary artists use this material as inspiration in their visual storytelling. The film begins with the filmmaker’s consideration of conflicting legacies regarding his humanity and self- worth as an African American. He assembles a community of photographers and artists – including Carrie Mae Weems\, Lorna Simpson\, Anthony Barboza\, Hank Willis Thomas\, Lyle Ashton Harris and Glenn Ligon – who together shake up the familiar foundations of the images that have shaped the popular culture’s view of what “Blackness” is and who “Black people” are.  Interweaved throughout the film\, the work of pioneering Black men and women photographers\, whose images have helped reclaim the collective self-worth and humanity\, will be highlighted\, uncovering a rich history of African American contributions to the development of photography\, both as an art form as well as a force to be reckoned with. \nInspired by photo-historian (and Co-Producer) Deborah Willis’ groundbreaking publication\, Reflections in Black: A History of Black Photographers 1840 to the Present\, Through A Lens Darkly is the first documentary to explore the role of photography in shaping the identity\, aspirations and social emergence of African Americans from slavery to the present. \n\n\n\n\nFILMMAKER/DIRECTOR BIO \nThomas Allen Harris\nis the founder and President Chimpanzee Productions\, a company dedicated to producing unique audio-visual experiences that illuminate the Human Condition and the search for identity\, family\, and spirituality. Chimpanzee’s innovative and award-winning films have received critical acclaim at international film festivals such as Sundance\, Berlin\, Toronto\, FESPACO\, Outfest\, and Cape Town; have been broadcast on PBS\, the Sundance Channel\, ARTE\, CBC\, Swedish broadcasting Network and New Zealand Television; and exhibited at the Gwangju Biennale in South Korea\, the Melbourne Arts Festival and MoMA.\n \nMr. Harris’ newly released film\, Through A Lens Darkly: Black Photographers and the Emergence of a People\, won the Fund for Santa Barbara 2014 Social Justice Award and a Best Diasporic Documentary Award from the Africa Movie Academy Awards in Nigeria. Called “Wise and Passionate” by the New York Times and “Extraordinary” by Time Magazine\, Through A Lens Darkly is presently opening in theaters across the country\, accompanied by its transmedia community engagement project Digital Diaspora Family Reunion (1world1family.me)\, an interactive forum that combines film\, photography\, social media and oral histories in a live touring event. Since 2009\, Digital Diaspora has held 18 Roadshows in 9-cities\, and received in excess of 10 million media impressions.\n\nHarris is a recipient of numerous awards and fellowships including a Tribeca Film Institute’s Nelson Mandela Award\, and United States Artist\, Guggenheim\, and Rockefeller Fellowships. A graduate of Harvard College with a degree in Biology\, Mr. Harris has taught as an Associate Professor of Media Arts at the University of California San Diego and a Visiting Artist at the International Center of Photography. A published photographer\, curator\, and writer\, Mr. Harris lectures widely on the use of media as a tool for social change.
URL:https://blogs.cuit.columbia.edu/cji/event/film-screening-discussion-lens-darkly-black-photographers-emergence-people-filmmaker-director-thomas-allen-harris/
LOCATION:Columbia School of Social Work: Room CO-3\, 1255 Amsterdam Avenue (123rd Street & Amsterdam Avenue)
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