Communities First, Inc Presents the 7th Annual African American Film Series

Communities First, Inc. (CFI) is excited to announce the 7th Annual African American Film Series in partnership with the Flint Institute of Arts. This year marks the organization’s seventh time bringing this great series to the Flint community

Featured Film: “Black Art: In the Absence of Light”

Film Screening – Thursday, February 10 through February 13, 2022
Inspired by the late David Driskell’s landmark 1976 exhibition, “Two Centuries of Black American Art,” the documentary Black Art: In the Absence of Light offers an Illuminating introduction of the work of some of the foremost Black visual artists working today.

Directed by Sam Pollard, the film shines a light on the extraordinary impacts of Driskell’s exhibit on generations of Black artists who have staked a claim on their rightful place within the 21st-Century art world. Interweaving insights and context from scholars and historians, along with interviews from a new generation of working African American curators and artists, including Theaster Gates, Kerry James Marshall, Faith Ringgold, Amy Sherald, and Carrie Mae Weems, the documentary is a look at the Contributions of Black American artists in today’s contemporary art world.

Panel Discussion – February 12 at 2:00 PM on Communities First, Inc. Facebook page and YouTube Channel.