Video artist Arthur Jafa on actualizing Black potential, part 2
Video artist Arthur Jafa on actualizing Black potential, part 2
Black people know this: There’s a difference between what you say and what you mean. It’s been a matter of survival for ... Read more
7 Feb 2023
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33mins
Video artist Arthur Jafa on actualizing Black potential, part 1
Video artist Arthur Jafa on actualizing Black potential, part 1
I don't want to be the prisoner in a box, even if it's a box I made. For over 30 years, American visual artist and cinem... Read more
31 Jan 2023
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46mins
Writer Macarena Gómez-Barris on finding beauty in ambiguity
Writer Macarena Gómez-Barris on finding beauty in ambiguity
This [term] 'femme' becomes more possible to me as a figure for not just embodiment, but for thought, action, engagement... Read more
24 Jan 2023
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52mins
Silhouettist Kara Walker on early fame and symbols of Black servitude
Silhouettist Kara Walker on early fame and symbols of Black servitude
There are whole histories of African American artists wrestling with stereotypical depictions and minstrelsy - and it se... Read more
17 Jan 2023
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49mins
Smithsonian director Kevin Young on the power of unexpected transformations
Smithsonian director Kevin Young on the power of unexpected transformations
I like to say we're living in a precedent time, not an unprecedented one. How do we understand that? Being at the museum... Read more
10 Jan 2023
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55mins
Sociologist Tricia Rose on hip-hop as a global profit powerhouse
Sociologist Tricia Rose on hip-hop as a global profit powerhouse
It’s hard when you try to talk across racial groups about race ... I do believe that there's a better chance of them get... Read more
3 Jan 2023
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57mins
Visual artist Carrie Mae Weems on grace and inclusion
Visual artist Carrie Mae Weems on grace and inclusion
Within seriousness, there's little room for play, but within play there's tremendous room for seriousness. It's through ... Read more
27 Dec 2022
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50mins
Choreographer Bill T. Jones on the violence within seduction
Choreographer Bill T. Jones on the violence within seduction
I knew that there was a power I had when I stripped off my shirt and looked you in the eye as I moved my hips. But I als... Read more
20 Dec 2022
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48mins
Jazz vocalist Somi on finding your voice
Jazz vocalist Somi on finding your voice
Once I could feel grounded in an East African context and value who I am in an American context - suddenly it was so app... Read more
13 Dec 2022
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50mins
Musician Bartees Strange on indie music’s overlooked audiences
Musician Bartees Strange on indie music’s overlooked audiences
I was making it for the people who feel like they don't really get a shot or are not seen, talked about, or cared about ... Read more
6 Dec 2022
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54mins