# Event Details

- **Event Name**: Film Screening: Through a Lens Darkly
- **Event Start and End Date**: Thu, 05 Feb, 2026 at 06:00 pm – Thu, 05 Feb, 2026 at 07:30 pm
- **Event Description**: The first documentary to explore the role of photography in shaping the identities, aspirations, and social emergence of African Americans, Through a Lens Darkly probes the recesses of American history, bringing to light images captured by African American photographers that have been suppressed, forgotten, and lost. These images reveal a complex and nuanced view of American culture and society and its founding ideals. Inspired by Deborah Willis’s book Reflections in Black and featuring the works of Carrie Mae Weems, Lorna Simpson, Anthony Barboza, Hank Willis Thomas, Coco Fusco, Clarissa Sligh and many others, Through a Lens Darkly introduces the viewer to a diverse yet focused community of storytellers who transform singular experiences into a communal journey of discovery – and a call to action. Directed by Thomas Allen Harris, the film is distributed by First Run Features and has a run time of 90 minutes.
- **Event URL**: https://allevents.in/kalamazoo/film-screening-through-a-lens-darkly/200029512761924
- **Event Categories**: entertainment, photography
- **Interested Audience**: 
  - total_interested_count: 3

## Ticket Details


## Event venue details

- **city**: Kalamazoo
- **state**: MI
- **country**: United States
- **location**: 314 S Park St, Kalamazoo, MI, United States, Michigan 49007
- **lat**: 42.28958
- **long**: -85.5874
- **full address**: 314 S Park St, Kalamazoo, MI, United States, Michigan 49007

## Event gallery

- **Alt text**: Film Screening: Through a Lens Darkly
  - **Image URL**: https://cdn-az.allevents.in/events9/banners/d26d5c1a7cdbe583eca9883a13574a4f129c6850ad856dd540a10b88b71464f9-rimg-w1200-h800-dc000101-gmir?v=1769521160

## FAQs

- **Q**: When and where is Film Screening: Through a Lens Darkly being held?
  - **A:** Film Screening: Through a Lens Darkly takes place on Thu, 05 Feb, 2026 at 06:00 pm to Thu, 05 Feb, 2026 at 07:30 pm at 314 S Park St, Kalamazoo, MI, United States, Michigan 49007.
- **Q**: Who is organizing Film Screening: Through a Lens Darkly?
  - **A:** Film Screening: Through a Lens Darkly is organized by Kalamazoo Institute of Arts.

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