Ben Caldwell’s Medea, a collage piece made on an animation stand and edited entirely in the camera, combines live action and rapidly edited still images of Africans and African Americans which function like flashes of history that the unborn child will inherit. Caldwell invokes Amiri Baraka’s poem “Part of the Doctrine” in this experimental meditation on art history, Black imagery, identity and heritage.
Genre: Documentary, History
Stars:
Crew: Ben Caldwell (Director), Ben Caldwell (Writer), Ben Caldwell (Producer), Amiri Baraka (Writer), Ben Caldwell (Cinematography), Ben Caldwell (Editor)
Country: United States of America
Language: English
Studio: UCLA School of Film and Television
Runtime: 7 minutes
Quality: HD
Released: Jan 01, 1973
IMDb: 10
