HBO Documentary Profiles Prominent African-Americans
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TV Review by
Kam Williams You might have missed the premiere of The Black List, since this fascinating new HBO series premiered on August 25th, the same night Michelle Obama was addressing the Democratic Convention. Fortunately, you can still catch replays of the first installment of the groundbreaking program (check local listings) which features revealing interviews with 23 prominent African-Americans. The project is the brainchild of still
photographer/moviemaker Timothy Greenfield-Sanders and former NY
Times film critic Elvis Mitchell who collaborated to produce an
intriguing show far superior to the Black in America special
which aired on CNN earlier this summer. For this documentary
employed a novel format to provoke soul-searching, thereby
eliciting heartfelt answers.
In a film that works as a series of
living portraits, prominent African Americans of various
professions, disciplines and backgrounds, offer their own
stories and insights on the struggles, triumph...
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