Cinematographer Arthur Jafa has made moving images for the last 30 years; there’s Julie Dash’s Daughters of the Dust (1991), Spike Lee‘s Crooklyn (1994), and, more recently, his “light touch” as the director of photography for Solange‘s “Don’t Touch My Hair” and “Cranes In The Sky” music videos—all of which examine the interior lives of black Americans. … [Read more...] about Tuesday Open Thread: Black Cinematographers
Arthur Jafa
Thursday Open Thread: African American Cinematographers
Good Morning POU! Today we feature another Howard University alum, Arthur Jafa! Arthur Jafa was born in 1960 in Tupelo, Mississippi. He was raised in the blues rich Mississippi Delta, in Clarksdale. After graduating high school, he enrolled at Howard University where he studied architecture and film. He uses film to investigate issues surrounding black cultural … [Read more...] about Thursday Open Thread: African American Cinematographers