CHARLES WHITE -1978

For licensing inquiries please contact Historic Films Archive (www.historicfilms.com / [email protected]) CHARLES WHITE: CU PAINTINGS OF SAD EYED BLACK YOUNGSTER PEERING OVER FENCE, ANOTHER SHIRTLESS SAD-EYED BLACK BOY, OTHER PAINTINGS OF BLACK MEN, BOYS. AS BLACK ARTIST CHARLES WHITE NARRATES, TELLS OF HIS START AS ARTIST 00:46:30 U PAINED FACE OF BLACK MAN WITH HALO, WHOSE FACE WAS SUPERIMPOSED ON BODY OF CHRIST. 00:46:49 WHITE HAIRED, BALDING CHARLES WHITE, BORN IN CHICAGO GHETTO IN 1918, AND TODAY ONE OF AMERICA'S MOST GIFTED ARTIST, MAKES COLOR SELECTION FOR LITHOGRAPH OF ONE OF HIS PAINTINGS. 00:47:14 WHITE LOOKS OVER ONE OF HIS WORKS AS HE NARRATES. WHITE'S PAPERS ARE COLLECTED AS CHRONICLE, BY SMITHSONIAN. HIS WORKS ARE IN OVER 100 MUSEUMS, UNIVERSITIES, NATIONAL ACADEMIES THROUGHOUT WORLD. 00:48:00 PAN OF BLACK MAN IN HEAVY HOODED ROBE WITH "MISSISSIPPI" WRITTEN ABOVE HIM, HANDPRINT IN BLOOD ABOVE THAT. ZOOM IN ON FACE SHOWS BLANK EYEBALLS. ANOTHER PAINTING SHOWS BLOOD SMEAR ON WALL, PAN TO BLACK WOMAN'S FACE PEERING OUT FROM HEAVY BLANKET ROBE. 00:48:45 PAINTING OF BLACK MAN SITTING WITH BULLS' EYE TARGET IN HIS LAP. ZOOM IN ON EYELESS FACE. WHITE DESCRIBES PAINTING TO GROUP OF BLACK, WHITE STUDENTS IN HIS STUDIO IN PASADENA, CALIFORNIA. 00:49:20 FACE SHOTS OF YOUNG BLACK, WHITE STUDENTS AS THEY LISTEN ATTENTIVELY TO WHITE. 00:49:49 PAN FROM BOOK SHELVES IN LIBRARY TO HUGE WALL MURAL ABOVE. BLACK BUDDHA-LIKE WOMAN SITTING, WITH MAN PLAYING GUITAR ON HER LEFT, WOMAN ON HER RIGHT. WRITTEN MESSAGES SUCH AS "I LEAVE YOU LOVE," "I LEAVE YOU HOPE," "I LEAVE YOU RACIAL DIGNITY" WHITE NARRATES. 00:50:40 MONTAGE OF WHITE'S PAINTING ALL HAVE FACES OF BLACK WOMAN, MEN IN GREAT PAIN, SADNESS, ANGER. BLACK BEARDED MAN KNEELING IN PRAYER, LOOKING UP TO A ROSE. OTHER EXPRESSIVE BLACK FACES.