Black Body

1992

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Black Body is a harsh and compelling meditation on the contradictory values assigned to black bodies in American culture: they exist as both desired and feared, abject and powerful. The “black body” is a body whose surface reflects projected fears and repressed desires; as such, it exists as a site of ideological struggle, a surface which is simultaneously eroticized and denegrated. With nightmarish narratives and loaded terms hovering over an image of a naked torso bound with wire, Harris shows how these contradictory values continue to cripple and contort the self-image of blacks. The video conveys a powerful sense of confusion and trauma, the problem of inhabiting a body that is a cultural taboo.

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Language: EN

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Production Information

Production Countries

United States of America

Spoken Languages

English

Quick Facts

Release Date	January 1, 1992
Status	Released
Language	EN
IMDb ID	tt0407590
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Cast

Key Crew

Thomas Allen Harris

Director

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