Independent Lens
Season 16 Episode 9 - Through a Lens Darkly: Black Photographers and the Emergence of a People
For the last 170 years, pioneering African American photographers — men and women, celebrated and anonymous — have recorded the dramas and aspirations of generations. Through a Lens Darkly traces their spiritual transformation from slavery to economic mobility and social stability, and shows how these photographers helped their communities reclaim self-worth and humanity.
Episodes in Season 16
Bully
60 min
Twin Sisters
60 min
Brakeless
60 min
Powerless
60 min
Happiness
60 min
Rich Hill
60 min
Evolution of a Criminal
60 min
The Kill Team / Confusion Through Sand
60 min
Through a Lens Darkly: Black Photographers and the Emergence of a People
60 min
American Denial
60 min
Little White Lie
60 min
Little Hope Was Arson / A City in Flames
60 min
The Homestretch
60 min
The Great Invisible
60 min
Kumu Hina
60 min
Born to Fly: Elizabeth Streb vs. Gravity
60 min
1971
60 min
Limited Partnership
60 min
In the Shadow of Ebola
60 min