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Zwart Belicht | Painted Black

A Film by Tessa Boerman

Unfolding like a detective novel, Painted Black examines the representation of people of African origin in the paintings of Dutch and Flemish masters from the late Middle Ages to the present, with a particular focus on the seventeenth century.

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You can watch Echoes of Blaxploitation in the Netherlands, a lecture by Tessa Boerman, here. My search for a copy of Zwarte Belicht continues…

The painting shown in the poster above is Moses and His Wife by Jacob Jordaens.