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Dreams Are Colder than Death

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Original title

Year

2014

Running time

52 min.

Country

United States

Director

Arthur Jafa

Cast

Music

Melvin Gibbs

Cinematography

Arthur Jafa, Malik Hassan Sayeed, Hans Charles

Producer

Very Special Projects

Genre

Documentary | Half-length Film. Independent Film (US)

Synopsis

Fifty years have passed since the fabled March on Washington where Dr. Martin Luther King presented his dream. Now, the hopes and utopian desires of that dream have faded, leaving behind stains of diminished expectations and ancient, undying terrors.

What does it mean to be Black in America today? Director and legendary cinematographer Arthur Jafa tears at the epistemological roots of this question with hypnotic imagery, lyrical grace and an epic narration by a host of artistic visionaries, thought leaders and uncommon folks, including Kara Walker, Hortense Spillers, Fred Moten, Kathleen Cleaver, Charles Burnett, Wangechi Mutu, Saidiya Hartman and Melvin Gibbs, among others.

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Dreams Are Colder than Death

2014

Arthur Jafa