Invisible (1982)

INVISIBLE is based on the prologue of the classic novel, Invisible Man by Ralph Ellison. In adapting this portion of the novel, the film spotlights the nch variety of Black culture upon which it draws, simultaneously transmitting the underlying rhythms of the prose. The film deals experimentally with internal and external; that is, what the narrator sees as reality on the outside is at the same time being felt (and shown) from the inside of his being. This is also a techmgue characteristic of Ellison's novel.