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Independent Lens S16E9 — Through a Lens Darkly: Black Photographers and the Emergence of a People

Independent Lens•Season 16•Episode 9

Through a Lens Darkly: Black Photographers and the Emergence of a People

Feb 16, 201560 min

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

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Episode Summary

"Through a Lens Darkly: Black Photographers and the Emergence of a People" is episode 9 of Independent Lens season 16. It aired on February 16, 2015.

Next: E10 · American Denial Best of Season 16