Through a Lens Darkly: Black Photographers and the Emergence of a People
2014, English. Directed by Thomas Allen Harris.
The film explores the role of photography, since its rudimentary beginnings in the 1840s, in shaping the identity, aspirations, and social emergence of African Americans from slavery to the present. The dramatic arch is developed as a visual narrative that flows through the past 160 years to reveal black photography as an instrument for social change, an African American point-of-view on American history, and a particularized aesthetic vision.
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- 1h 32m
- Post-credits
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- English
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- Released
- 27 August 2014
- Country
- United States of America
- Written by
- Thomas Allen Harris
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Through a Lens Darkly: Black Photographers and the Emergence of a People runs 92 minutes (1h 32m).
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Through a Lens Darkly: Black Photographers and the Emergence of a People is streaming on OVID in India. (Checked 14 November 2026.)
What movies are like Through a Lens Darkly: Black Photographers and the Emergence of a People?
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Who directed Through a Lens Darkly: Black Photographers and the Emergence of a People?
Through a Lens Darkly: Black Photographers and the Emergence of a People (2014) was directed by Thomas Allen Harris.