OCTOBER 1 | 5 PM | BLACK ART: In The Absence Of Light

Screening: “BLACK ART: In The Absence Of Light” (2021, 85 MINS, DIR: SAM POLLARD). Post-screening discussion: Director SAM POLLARD (NYU, Film & TV) and artist, author, and curator DEBORAH WILLIS (NYU Dept. of Photography & Imaging and Center for Black Visual Culture).

FRIDAY | OCTOBER 1 | 5–7 PM: SCREENING + DISCUSSION

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BLACK ART: In The Absence Of Light (2021, 85 Mins, Directed by Sam Pollard)

Inspired by the late David Driskell’s landmark 1976 exhibition, “Two Centuries of Black American Art,” the documentary Black Art: In the Absence of Light offers an illuminating introduction to the work of some of the foremost Black visual artists working today. Post-screening discussion with Director SAM POLLARD (NYU, Film & TV) and artist, author, and curator DEBORAH WILLIS (NYU Dept. of Photography & Imaging and Center for Black Visual Culture).

CO-SPONSORS: CINEMA STUDIES, NYU INSTITUTE OF AFRICAN AMERICAN AFFAIRS AND CENTER FOR BLACK VISUAL CULTURE

*Image: Precious jewels by the sea (2019), oil on canvas © Amy Sherald