Ben Caldwell’s Medea, a collage piece made on an animation stand and edited entirely in the camera, combines live action and rapidly edited still images of Africans and African Americans which function like flashes of history that the unborn child will inherit. Caldwell invokes Amiri Baraka’s poem “Part of the Doctrine” in this experimental meditation on art history, Black imagery, identity and heritage.
The Color Purple
Drama, History
7.8
Wattstax
Music, Documentary
7.0
Hotel Rwanda
Drama, History, War
7.7
Killing the Indian in the Child
Documentary, History, TV Movie
6.5
Coach Carter
Drama, History
7.6
Who We Are: A Chronicle of Racism in America
Documentary
8.0
Dave Chappelle's Block Party
Comedy, Documentary, Music
6.8
For Love of Liberty: The Story of America's Black Patriots
Documentary, War
7.0
Boogie Man: The Lee Atwater Story
Documentary
7.7
Pride of the Buffalo Soldier
War, Documentary
0.0
Daughters
Documentary
8.0
Hull Fair
Documentary
0.0
SLY LIVES! (aka The Burden of Black Genius)
Documentary, Music
6.6
Cry Freetown
Documentary
0.0
Little White Lie
Documentary
6.5
Mr. Dynamite - The Rise of James Brown
Music, Documentary
6.9
Billy Elliot: The Musical Live
Music, Drama, History
8.1
Who plays me, hears my voices
Documentary, Family, Music
8.0
Noble Sissle's Syncopated Ragtime
Documentary, Music
0.0
The Surgery Ship
Documentary
0.0