Dreams Are Colder Than Death(2014)

Dreams Are Colder Than Death Synopsis

What does it mean to be Black in America in the 21st century? The recently formed Black American film group TNEG™ has set out to elucidate this very question. Hearing from the likes of fine artist Kara Walker and musical artist Flying Lotus, the film is based on a deceptively simple approach -- asking a refined list of black 'specialists' as well as 'uncommon folks' questions about what they think, and more importantly as lead director Arthur Jafa states, 'What they KNOW' -- the film is an unprecedented 'stream of the black consciousness' and a strikingly original and rarefied look at black intellectual and emotional life. What's so unorthodox about this simple approach is that the interviews were recorded separately from the images in the film. What results is a breathtaking, kaleidoscopic look of American black life from the dawn of three original filmmakers.

Dreams Are Colder Than Death (2014) is a documentary film directed by Arthur Jafa, released on June 7, 2014 with a runtime of 53m. It stars Charles Burnett, Hortense Spillers, Saidiya Hartman and Kathleen Cleaver. Viewers rate it 6.0 out of 10 across 2 ratings.