Darkness of My Language
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Subject: Humanities, Social Sciences
Institution Name:
WGBH
Collection Name: WGBH Open Vault
Abstract: "A video poem on colonialism, 'Darkness of My Language' reveals how this system defines personal identities and perpetuates cultural ignorance. Produced in Canada by Brazilian Silvana Afram, the program is both documentary in nature as well as subjective in tone. While the soundtrack is composed of tourists' exasperating questions, the images evoke the artist" distance from home." In black and white, closeups of faces are accompanied by voiceover attempts to respond to questions about Brazilian identity. It incorporates text in Portuguese by Carl Jung. Little credit information accompanies this short work.
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Types of Materials: Primary Source
Media
Formats: Video, Text/HTML
Language: English
Conditions of Use: Custom License
Free to view for educational use only. Copyright restrictions apply for all other uses.
Copyright Holder: Silvana Afram
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