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Against the Odds: The Artists of the Harlem Renaissance (1994)
TV Movie | 57 min | Documentary

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Against the Odds: The Artists of the Harlem Renaissance (1994)

TV Movie | 57 min | Documentary

Tells how black artists triumphed over formidable odds. Features more than 130 rarely seen paintings, prints, photographs and sculptures by black artists, and even more rarely seen archival footage of those artists at work. The period of ...See moreTells how black artists triumphed over formidable odds. Features more than 130 rarely seen paintings, prints, photographs and sculptures by black artists, and even more rarely seen archival footage of those artists at work. The period of the 1920s and '30s known as the Harlem Renaissance encompassed an extraordinary outburst of creativity by African-American visual artists. Racial prejudice and segregation, however, not only kept them out of the mainstream museums and galleries where they could show and sell their art, but threatened the very core of their personal artistic expression. Rich archival footage, including newsreels and photographs, recalls the influential force of the exhibitions, the vibrancy of Harlem in the roaring twenties, and the many significant personalities that shaped the movement, such as William E. Harmon, W.E.B. DuBois, and Alain Locke. Written by Dunstan Brooks See less

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Name	Known for
Joe Morton Self - Narrator (voice) Self - Narrator (voice) See fewer	Terminator 2: Judgment Day (1991)
Matthew Baigell Self - Art Historian Self - Art Historian See fewer	Thomas Hart Benton (1989)
Allan Rohan Crite Self - Artist Self - Artist See fewer	Against the Odds: The Artists of the Harlem Renaissance (1994)
Lois Mailou Jones Self - Artist Self - Artist See fewer	Against the Odds: The Artists of the Harlem Renaissance (1994)
David Levering Lewis Self - Author Self - Author See fewer	New York: A Documentary Film (1999)
Clement Price Self - Historian (as Clement A. Price) Self - Historian (as Clement A. Price) See fewer	Slavery and the Law (2011)
Arnold Rampersad Self - Biographer Self - Biographer See fewer	Voices & Visions (1988)
Gary Reynolds Self - Curator, Newark Museum Self - Curator, Newark Museum See fewer	Against the Odds: The Artists of the Harlem Renaissance (1994)
James Lesesne Wells Self - Artist Self - Artist See fewer	Against the Odds: The Artists of the Harlem Renaissance (1994)
Beryl Wright Self - Co-Curator, Newark Museum Self - Co-Curator, Newark Museum See fewer	Against the Odds: The Artists of the Harlem Renaissance (1994)

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