Independent Lens
Season 16 Episode 9 - Through a Lens Darkly: Black Photographers and the Emergence of a People
6.5 ?
1999
Documentary
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
1
Bully
60 min
2
Twin Sisters
60 min
3
Brakeless
60 min
4
Powerless
60 min
5
Happiness
60 min
6
Rich Hill
60 min
7
Evolution of a Criminal
60 min
8
The Kill Team / Confusion Through Sand
60 min
9
Through a Lens Darkly: Black Photographers and the Emergence of a People
60 min
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10
American Denial
60 min
11
Little White Lie
60 min
12
Little Hope Was Arson / A City in Flames
60 min
13
The Homestretch
60 min
14
The Great Invisible
60 min
15
Kumu Hina
60 min
16
Born to Fly: Elizabeth Streb vs. Gravity
60 min
17
1971
60 min
18
Limited Partnership
60 min
19
In the Shadow of Ebola
60 min
