Dreams Are Colder Than Death

Synopsis

What does it mean to be Black in America in the 21st century? The recently formed Black American film group TNEG™ has set out to elucidate this very question. Hearing from the likes of fine artist Kara Walker and musical artist Flying Lotus, the film is based on a deceptively simple approach -- asking a refined list of black 'specialists' as well as 'uncommon folks' questions about what they think, and more importantly as lead director Arthur Jafa states, 'What they KNOW' -- the film is an unprecedented 'stream of the black consciousness' and a strikingly original and rarefied look at black intellectual and emotional life. What's so unorthodox about this simple approach is that the interviews were recorded separately from the images in the film. What results is a breathtaking, kaleidoscopic look of American black life from the dawn of three original filmmakers.

Main Cast

Charles Burnett

Age : 80 | Popularity : 30%

Hortense Spillers

Age : N/A | Popularity : 0%

Saidiya Hartman

Age : N/A | Popularity : 0%

Kathleen Cleaver

Age : N/A | Popularity : 13%

Fred Moten

Age : N/A | Popularity : 0%

Flying Lotus

Age : N/A | Popularity : 9%

Storyboard P.

Age : N/A | Popularity : 0%

Kara Walker

Age : 54 | Popularity : 5%

Crew

Department	Role	Name
Directing	Director	Arthur Jafa
Editing	Editor	Kahlil Joseph Antony Langdon Lashawn McGhee
Camera	Director of Photography	Hans Charles Arthur Jafa Malik Hassan Sayeed
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