Black Is the Color: African-American Artists and Segregation (2016)

About Black Is the Color: African-American Artists and Segregation

Where can I watch Black Is the Color: African-American Artists and Segregation?

Black Is the Color: African-American Artists and Segregation is currently streaming in the United States on OVID.

Who stars in Black Is the Color: African-American Artists and Segregation?

Black Is the Color: African-American Artists and Segregation stars Whitfield Lovell, Kerry James Marshall, Ellen Gallagher, Richard Powell, Robert O'Meally.

Who directed Black Is the Color: African-American Artists and Segregation?

Black Is the Color: African-American Artists and Segregation was directed by Jacques Goldstein.

How long is Black Is the Color: African-American Artists and Segregation?

Black Is the Color: African-American Artists and Segregation has a runtime of 0h 52m.

What is Black Is the Color: African-American Artists and Segregation about?

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.