{"id":1325,"date":"2015-02-18T16:48:08","date_gmt":"2015-02-18T21:48:08","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/pages.vassar.edu\/creativearts\/?p=1325"},"modified":"2015-02-18T16:55:22","modified_gmt":"2015-02-18T21:55:22","slug":"through-a-lens-darkly-a-film-screening-this-friday","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/pages.vassar.edu\/creativearts\/2015\/02\/18\/through-a-lens-darkly-a-film-screening-this-friday\/","title":{"rendered":"Through a Lens Darkly: a Film, screening this Friday!"},"content":{"rendered":"<script>fsg_json['fsg_post_1325'] = [\n{id: 1326, image: 'http:\/\/pages.vassar.edu\/creativearts\/files\/2015\/02\/unnamed.jpg', extlink: '', thumb: 'https:\/\/pages.vassar.edu\/creativearts\/files\/2015\/02\/unnamed-290x290.jpg', permalink: '<div class=\"galleria-layeritem\"><a title=\"Permalink\" href=\"https:\/\/pages.vassar.edu\/creativearts\/2015\/02\/18\/through-a-lens-darkly-a-film-screening-this-friday\/4-1-1\/#0\"><div class=\"galleria-link-bookmark\"><\/div><\/a><\/div>', layer: '<div class=\"galleria-infolayer\"><div class=\"galleria-layeritem\" style=\"padding-right: 20px;\"><h1>4.1.1<\/h1><\/div><div class=\"galleria-layeritem\"><a title=\"Permalink\" href=\"https:\/\/pages.vassar.edu\/creativearts\/2015\/02\/18\/through-a-lens-darkly-a-film-screening-this-friday\/4-1-1\/#0\"><div class=\"galleria-link-bookmark\"><\/div><\/a><\/div><div class=\"galleria-layeritem\" style=\"padding-right: 20px;\"><\/div>'}\n];<\/script>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify\"><a data-postid=\"fsg_post_1325\" data-imgid=\"1326\" href=\"http:\/\/pages.vassar.edu\/creativearts\/files\/2015\/02\/unnamed.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\" size-medium wp-image-1326 alignright\" src=\"http:\/\/pages.vassar.edu\/creativearts\/files\/2015\/02\/unnamed-240x300.jpg\" alt=\"4.1.1\" width=\"240\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/pages.vassar.edu\/creativearts\/files\/2015\/02\/unnamed-240x300.jpg 240w, https:\/\/pages.vassar.edu\/creativearts\/files\/2015\/02\/unnamed.jpg 396w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 240px) 100vw, 240px\" \/><\/a>The documentary film,\u00a0<em>Through A Lens Darkly: Black Photographers and the Emergence of a People,\u00a0<\/em>is inspired by Deborah Willis&#8217;s book,\u00a0<em>Reflections in Black<\/em>. There will be a screening a the Bardavon Opera House on Friday, February 20 at 7 pm. The film reflects upon self-affirmation and negation through photography. It considers &#8216;the difference between black photographers who use the camera to define themselves, their people, and their culture, and some white photographers who, historically, have demeaned African-Americans through racist imagery.&#8217;<\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify\">The screening will be followed by a discussion with the film makers, moderated by Vassar Professor Tyrone Simpson.<\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify\"><strong>&#8220;Mr. Harris\u2019s film is a family memoir, a tribute to unsung artists and a lyrical, at times, heartbroken, meditation on imagery and identity. The film is always absorbing to watch, but only once it\u2019s over do you begin to grasp the extent of its ambitions, and just how much it has done within a packed, compact hour and half.&#8221; <\/strong>A.O. Scott, The\u00a0New York Times<\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify\">Click <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?feature=player_embedded&amp;v=odgHrU1T9a8\">here<\/a> for a preview.\u00a0Free admission, reservations suggested. Transportation provided free by Vassar shuttle vans\u00a0from Main Circle, starting at <span class=\"aBn\"><span class=\"aQJ\">5:30 pm<\/span><\/span>. Email <a href=\"mailto:offutt@vassar.edu\" target=\"_blank\">offutt@vassar.edu<\/a> for reservations.<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<div><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The documentary film,\u00a0Through A Lens Darkly: Black Photographers and the Emergence of a People,\u00a0is inspired by Deborah Willis&#8217;s book,\u00a0Reflections in Black. 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