Independent Lens

Season 16, Episode 9

Episode Title: Through a Lens Darkly: Black Photographers and the Emergence of a People

Air Date: 2015-02-16

Overview:

For the last 170 years, pioneering African American photographers — men and women, celebrated and anonymous — have recorded the dramas and aspirations of generations. Through a Lens Darkly traces their spiritual transformation from slavery to economic mobility and social stability, and shows how these photographers helped their communities reclaim self-worth and humanity.