Cinema at the Center: Two Clues About Robert Colescott
A screening organized in conjunction with Robert Colescott’s exhibition
Presenters: Lowery Stokes Sims, Curator of the exhibition and Valentine Umansky, Curator of Lens-Based Arts at the CAC
Screening at 6:30PM
Movie: Kathe Sandler, A Question of Color: The Subconscious World of "Color Consciousness”, 1993, 58’, documentary
Preceded by: A Neighborhood Thing: The Mission Art Scene in the '90s, SFMoMA, 8’45”, documentary
A Question of Color is the first documentary to confront a painful and long taboo subject: the disturbing feelings many African Americans harbor about themselves and their appearance. African American filmmaker Kathe Sandler digs into the often-subconscious world of "color consciousness," a caste system based on how closely skin color, hair texture and facial features conform to a European ideal.