Against the Odds: The Artists of the Harlem Renaissance (60 min.)

The period of the 1920s and ‘30s known as the Harlem Renaissance encompassed an extraordinary outburst of creativity by African-American visual artists.
Free and Open to the Public
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Robert Colescott: The One-Two Punch (28 min.) and Emma Amos: Action Lines (28 min.)

Robert Colescott: The One-Two Punch (28 min.)
An award-winning artist of incredible strength, color and dramatic palette, Robert Colescott paints with humor, irony, and sarcasm about racial and gender stereotypes. His story compels us to open our minds.

Emma Amos: Action Lines (28 min.)
Amos paints pictures based on her feelings and fears, including materials such as photographs, her own weaving, and African cloth to help portray what is important to her.

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Elizabeth Catlett: Sculpting the Truth (28 min.) and Jacob Lawrence: The Glory of Expression (28 min.)

Elizabeth Catlett: Sculpting the Truth (28 min.)
Catlett sculpts the truth from wood, stone, terra cotta, and the people she knows…mothers, workers, children. Her work is technically flawless and artistically brilliant.

Jacob Lawrence: The Glory of Expression (28 min.)
A documentary about the life and work of one of America’s greatest painters, the first African-American to be represented by a New York Gallery.

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“LitGraphic: The World of the Graphic Novel” (30 min.)

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“Will Eisner: Portrait of a Sequential Artist” (96 min.)

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“Alternate Literary Voices and Vehicles” (30 min.)

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