The Harlem Renaissance
You're Dead to Me
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The Hall and Renaissance - The Original Clan Birth of a Nation
Oscar mishow was one of the first ever black film makers in america who responds to that. He made dozens of films about trying to dramatize black life outside of the depictions that were available, what was available,. Those images and birth of a nation. And black artists were fighting against those images and also trying to make art. It wasn't so much about a place, or even about art explicitly but it was really about remaking black identity.
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