Black Is the Color: African-American Artists and Segregation

Black Is the Color: African-American Artists and Segregation

2016
52m
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Documentary History
Overview

Black Is the Color highlights key moments in the history of Black visual art, from Edmonds Lewis’s 1867 sculpture Forever Free, to the work of contemporary artists such as Whitfield Lovell, Kerry James Marshall, Ellen Gallagher, and Jean-Michel Basquiat. Art historians and gallery owners place the works in context, setting them against the larger social contexts of Jim Crow, WWI, the civil rights movement and the racism of the Reagan era, while contemporary artists discuss individual works by their forerunners and their ongoing influence.

Status: Released

Language: FR

Production Information

Production Companies
Les Films d'Ici Bachibouzouk ARTE
Production Countries
France
Spoken Languages
English French German

Keywords

artist racism art educational contemporary art art history harlem renaissance art exhibition american art jim crow laws african american history african american art african american studies african american american history art documentary wwi

Quick Facts

Release Date July 7, 2016
Status Released
Language FR

Cast

Whitfield Lovell
Whitfield Lovell

Kerry James Marshall
Kerry James Marshall

Ellen Gallagher
Ellen Gallagher

Richard Powell
Richard Powell

Robert O'Meally
Robert O'Meally

Michael Rosenfeld
Michael Rosenfeld

Bridget Moore
Bridget Moore

Eric Foner
Eric Foner

David C. Driskell
David C. Driskell

Jean-Michel Basquiat
Jean-Michel Basquiat

Walter Evans
Walter Evans

Patrick Albenque
Patrick Albenque

Narrator

Key Crew

Jacques Goldstein
Director
Daniel Soutif
Writer
Jacques Goldstein
Writer
Anne Le Grevès
Producer