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The Black List (Volume One)
Timothy Greenfield-Sanders and Elvis Mitchell’s beautifully crafted collaboration presents a fascinating series of miniportraits of 20 influential African Americans. This inspirational and varied group of prominent artists, CEOs, politicians, and activists share their individual experiences and viewpoints in regard to societal, familial, and personal identity. Each compelling interview serves as a potent illustration of empowerment in the face of unique limitations and broader obstacles.
The Black List unveils a broad canvas of issues, including the shock waves Bill T. Jones felt from his contemporaries after referring to himself as an artist first and black second, Chris Rock discussing how he believes equality in baseball was only achieved when there were also bad black baseball players in the major leagues, and Vernon Jordon noting that there is a definition of black America, but none for white America. This country’s institutionalized racism is addressed as actor Lou Gossett Jr. speaks about his lack of acting offers after winning his Oscar, and museum curator Thelma Golden recounts how people mistakenly thought she actually only worked for Thelma Golden. These experiences contrast with Toni Morrison’s description of the encouragement she received in her childhood, specifically in not feeling threatened by being a woman.
In blending Greenfield-Sanders’s sleek and elegant portrait photography with Mitchell’s notable conversational acumen, The Black List offers a fresh, immediate discourse for deriving another definition of the word “blacklist.
The Black List unveils a broad canvas of issues, including the shock waves Bill T. Jones felt from his contemporaries after referring to himself as an artist first and black second, Chris Rock discussing how he believes equality in baseball was only achieved when there were also bad black baseball players in the major leagues, and Vernon Jordon noting that there is a definition of black America, but none for white America. This country’s institutionalized racism is addressed as actor Lou Gossett Jr. speaks about his lack of acting offers after winning his Oscar, and museum curator Thelma Golden recounts how people mistakenly thought she actually only worked for Thelma Golden. These experiences contrast with Toni Morrison’s description of the encouragement she received in her childhood, specifically in not feeling threatened by being a woman.
In blending Greenfield-Sanders’s sleek and elegant portrait photography with Mitchell’s notable conversational acumen, The Black List offers a fresh, immediate discourse for deriving another definition of the word “blacklist.
Variety Interview from Sundance
Variety on The Black List
Cinematical Sees the Full Picture
BLP @ Sundance 2008 Candids - Check back often for updates
Dear Friends - well we have spent the last week in Park City UT knocking em out with our film The Black List (Vol 1). Last Thursday, we announced our HBO deal and the press seized on this news and ran with it (see press clips on our site www.blacklistproject.com). Our film was then screened on Friday the 18th for the media to cheers and applause (rare at a press screening) and more great reviews started flowing in. We screened for the local NAACP on Monday in honor of Martin Luther King Day - the audience was struck by how revelatory the stories were by folks as diverse as Al Sharpton and Colin Powell to WNBA star and Olympic champion Dawn Staley and comedian Chris Rock. We premiered on Tuesday with our families in support at the Library, and then went on to screen 4 more times in the past week to great audiences. The magic of this film (and our project) is how universal these stories are - and how people are starting to term The Black List - "...a film for the 21st Century." What a great Sundance - it could not have gone better and we now look forward to bringing the film and our art to a much larger audience. Stay tuned.....
Keenan Ivory Wayans - The Black List (Volume 1)
The Black List
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