Movies: Theaster Gates

  • 2021
    Black Art: In the Absence of Light

    Black Art: In the Absence of Light (2021)

    Black Art: In the Absence of Light

    3.82021HD

    An introduction to the work of some of the foremost Black visual artists working today, inspired by the late David Driskell's landmark 1976 exhibition, "Two Centuries of Black American Art."...

    Black Art: In the Absence of Light
  • 2019
    America

    America (2019)

    America

    2.92019HD

    A cinematic omnibus rooted in New Orleans, challenging the idea of black cinema as a "wave" or "movement in time," proposing instead a continuous thread of achievement....

    America
  • 2017
    Basquiat: Rage to Riches

    Basquiat: Rage to Riches (2017)

    Basquiat: Rage to Riches

    3.32017HD

    This film tells Jean-Michel's story through exclusive interviews with his two sisters Lisane and Jeanine, who have never before agreed to be interviewed for a TV documentary. With striking candour, Basquiat's art dealers - including Larry Gagosian, M...

    Basquiat: Rage to Riches
  • 2021
    A Clay Sermon

    A Clay Sermon (2021)

    A Clay Sermon

    0.32021HD

    “In the beginning was clay. Clay was without form,” he declares in his 2021 film A Clay Sermon. Making pots is important as a religious and social experience, as well as a creative one; Gates’ identity is bound up with making, researching and teachin...

    A Clay Sermon
  • 2015
    Billy Sings Amazing Grace

    Billy Sings Amazing Grace (2015)

    Billy Sings Amazing Grace

    0.32015HD

    High-definition video art from Theaster Gates...

    Billy Sings Amazing Grace