Through a Lens Darkly: Black Photographers and the Emergence of a People

A film that explores how African American communities have used the camera as a tool for social change from the invention of photography to the present. This epic tale poetically moves between the present and the past, through contemporary photographers and artists whose images and stories seek to reconcile legacies of pride and shame while giving voice to images long suppressed, forgotten, and hidden from sight.

Grosses

Domestic (100%)
$65,169
Summary Details
DistributorFirst Run
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Opening$9,456
1 theaters
Running Time1 hr 30 min
GenresDocumentary Family History
In Release492 days/70 weeks
Widest Release3 theaters
DateRankWeekly %± LW TheatersChange AvgTo DateWeek
Aug 22-2884$4,854-1-$4,854$4,8541
Aug 29-Sep 475$16,945+249.1%1-$16,945$21,7992
Sep 5-1177$16,108-4.9%1-$16,108$37,9073
Sep 12-18103$6,502-59.6%1-$6,502$44,4094
Sep 19-2590$6,684+2.8%2+1$3,342$51,0935
Sep 26-Oct 2155$158-97.6%1-1$158$51,2516
Oct 3-9143$132-16.5%1-$132$51,3837
Oct 10-16113$1,479+1,020.5%2+1$739$52,8628
Oct 24-30121$398-1-$398$53,26010
Oct 31-Nov 6128$305-23.4%1-$305$53,56511
Nov 7-13113$1,277+318.7%3+2$425$54,84212
Nov 14-2095$3,182+149.2%3-$1,060$58,02413
Nov 21-2796$1,367-57%1-2$1,367$59,39114
Dec 5-11107$840-2-$420$60,23116
Dec 12-1880$2,367+181.8%1-1$2,367$62,59817
Dec 26-Jan 1, 201586$1,843-2-$921$64,44119
Jan 9-1596$338-1-$338$64,77921
Jan 16-22100$165-51.2%1-$165$64,94422
Jan 23-29108$225+36.4%1-$225$65,16923