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Original Language:English
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REkOGNIZE
15 min
REkOGNIZE is a threechannel video installation and a meditation on photography memory and movement Artist and Academy Awardnominated cinematographer Bradford Young Selma Arrival finds inspiration in Pittsburghs Hill District neighborhood a site of the early 20thcentury Great Migration During this time millions of African Americans moved from the rural southern United States to cities in the north and west The Hill District saw a flourishing of culture during these years and was a site of artistic development for luminaries such as August Wilson Charles Teenie Harris Errol Garner and many others REkOGNIZE takes its visual cues from the Pittsburgh landscape especially the citys tunnels which serve not only as literal entry points into the city but also as metaphors for this movement of people and culture
DirectorBradford Young
