Black Art: In the Absence of Light (2021)
Releasing at February 9, 2021 on HBO MAX
Documentary
“The American canon is not complete without it”. Black Art, a new documentary that illuminates the contributions that Black artists have made to American culture, premieres February 9, 2021 on HBO Max.
Black Art: In The Absence of Light (director: Sam Pollard; executive producer: Henry Louis Gates) is a look at Black American Art and representation using David Driskell’s landmark Two Centuries of Black American Art exhibition as a framing device.
Director: Sam Pollard
Stars: Maurice Berger, Tom Brokaw, Valerie Cassel Oliver, Jordan Casteel, David C. Driskell, Lyle Ashton Harris, Sarah Lewis
►Cast
| Maurice Berger | ► | (archive footage) |
| Tom Brokaw | ► | |
| Valerie Cassel Oliver | ► | |
| Jordan Casteel | ► | |
| David C. Driskell | ► | (archive footage) |
| Lyle Ashton Harris | ► | |
| Sarah Lewis | ► | |
| Glenn Ligon | ► | |
| Bernard Lumpkin | ► | |
| Kerry James Marshall | ► | |
| Richard J. Powell | ► | |
| Faith Ringgold | ► | |
| Betye Saar | ► | |
| Mary Schmidt Campbell | ► | |
| Swizz Beatz | ► | |
| Hank Willis Thomas | ► | |
| Kara Walker | ► | |
| Carrie Mae Weems | ► | |
| Fred Wilson | ► |