Description |
1 online resource (73 min.) : sound, color and black and white |
Series |
Online access: Kanopy Kanopy PDA United Kingdom
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Summary |
Afraid of Dark, is a wonderfully insightful and entertaining, yet remarkably serious, documentary about Black men. This documentary, aims to destroy the misconceptions and stereotypes about black men that have often cost black men their lives by offering a genuine look at them from my eyes to the outside world, revealing the beauty in diversified strength, leadership and challenges; A reality that has often been distorted by others. Why is the world so afraid of dark? Long Synopsis:"Why is everyone so afraid of black men?" In her new documentary, "Afraid of Dark", filmmaker Mya B. attempts to answer this question. In examining two of the most prevalent stereotypes about the black man as the brute and as the Mandingo we are led on a journey to understanding how the fear of these stereotypes have contributed to the rates of violence and incarceration against black men. We see how racism uses black on black crime and other unfortunate occurrences in black communities as justification for attacks on black males by police and citizen vigilantes alike. The documentary challenges these stereotypes, and their resulting worldview, through candid interviews of black men -- who span the spectrum of age and background -- to illustrate through their own words and personal reflections the difference between how society perceives black men and how they define themselves. Mya B. also profiles three generations of black men in her family that offered alternative archetypes of what black men can be and are in this society. The film ultimately shows us that black men are struggling to find love and meaningful identity in a world that mutes their individual stories and colors them all with one brush; and that the way towards healing means facing this dilemma head on, looking deep into it, and using our understanding and our love to transform the image and likeness we perceive of black men |
Notes |
Originally produced as a motion picture in 2014 |
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Title from title screen (viewed August 29, 2023) |
Credits |
Camera: Inf Mega, Mya B. ; editor, Vince Ballentine ; music, Marc Cary |
Performer |
Dr. Cornel West, Sam Greenlee, General Steele, Dr. Khalil G. Muhammad, Kenya K. Stevens, Sadat X, Tom Burrell, Lou Myers, Vondie Curtis Hall, Malik Yoba, Peter Gunz, Kevin Powell, and Eric Adams |
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In English |
Subject |
African American men -- Social conditions
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African American men -- Attitudes
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African American men -- Public opinion
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Stereotypes (Social psychology) -- United States
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Racism -- United States
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African American men -- Attitudes
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African American men -- Social conditions
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Race relations
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Racism
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Stereotypes (Social psychology)
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SUBJECT |
United States -- Race relations.
http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85140494
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Subject |
United States
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Genre/Form |
documentary film.
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Documentary films
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Feature films
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Internet videos.
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Documentary films.
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Nonfiction films.
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Feature films.
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Documentaires.
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Vidéos sur Internet.
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Films autres que de fiction.
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Form |
Streaming video
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Author |
B., Mya (Baker), film director, screenwriter.
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Cary, Marc, composer (expression)
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Shoot Films, Not People Productions, production company, publisher.
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