Storyline
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.
Key Information
Cast & Crew
Whitfield Lovell
Kerry James Marshall
Ellen Gallagher
Richard Powell
Robert O'Meally
Michael Rosenfeld
Bridget Moore
Eric Foner
David C. Driskell
Jean-Michel Basquiat
Walter Evans
Patrick Albenque
Narrator
Frequently Asked Questions
Black Is the Color: African-American Artists and Segregation was released on July 7, 2016.
The runtime of Black Is the Color: African-American Artists and Segregation is 52m.
Black Is the Color: African-American Artists and Segregation is a Documentary, History movie.
Black Is the Color: African-American Artists and Segregation is available to watch. Check streaming platforms and theaters near you.
Black Is the Color: African-American Artists and Segregation was directed by Jacques Goldstein.
The main cast of Black Is the Color: African-American Artists and Segregation includes Whitfield Lovell, Kerry James Marshall, Ellen Gallagher.
Black Is the Color: African-American Artists and Segregation is originally in French.