Black Memorabilia (2019)

Filmmaker Chico Colvard investigates the propagation of demeaning representations of AfricanAmericans From industrial China to the rural American south to contemporary Brooklyn we observe the people and places that reproduce consume and reclaim BLACK MEMORABILIA This feature documentary takes us on a journey into the material culture of racialized artifacts and confronts us with the incendiary features of these objects BLACK MEMORABILIA also moves beyond perverse attractions and absolute objections to collectibles and antiques that serve as reminders of Americas troubled racial history In the midst of roiling ethnic unrest in the US today the films confrontation of our feelings about these objects strikes at the heart of a pressing contemporary issue and opens a unique dialogue about the continuing legacy of racism in America