Dreams Are Colder Than Death

Overview

What does it mean to be Black in America in the 21st century? The recently formed Black American film group TNEG™ has set out to elucidate this very question. Hearing from the likes of fine artist Kara Walker and musical artist Flying Lotus, the film is based on a deceptively simple approach -- asking a refined list of black 'specialists' as well as 'uncommon folks' questions about what they think, and more importantly as lead director Arthur Jafa states, 'What they KNOW' -- the film is an unprecedented 'stream of the black consciousness' and a strikingly original and rarefied look at black intellectual and emotional life. What's so unorthodox about this simple approach is that the interviews were recorded separately from the images in the film. What results is a breathtaking, kaleidoscopic look of American black life from the dawn of three original filmmakers.

Details

Status

Released

Release date

June 7, 2014

Original language

English

Countries

Germany

Production

ZDF

Cast

Charles Burnett,Flying Lotus,Hortense Spillers,Storyboard P.,Kara Walker,Saidiya Hartman,Fred Moten,Kathleen Cleaver

Director

Arthur Jafa

Cinematography

Malik Hassan Sayeed,Arthur Jafa,Hans Charles

Budget

Not recorded

Revenue

Not recorded

IMDb

tt3954418