A THOUSAND MIDNIGHTS Short Films

A lyrical documentary following the social histories of black Americans.

Carlos Javier is a Guggenheim Award-winning director, cinematographer and photographer who focuses on American cities, violence and marginalized communities. Javier’s current project is a series of short films chronicling the contemporary stories of black Americans who fled the American South during the Great Migration. His photos were used to illustrate Ta-Nehisi Coates’ 2014 article “The Case for Reparations” in The Atlantic.

Brown Planet Productions And Flourishing Films

Details

Country: USA

Year: 2016

Director: Carlos Javier Ortiz

Screenwriter: Carlos Javier Ortiz

Producers: Tina K. Sacks, Carlos Javier Ortiz

Executive Producer: Tina K. Sacks

Director of Photography: Carlos Javier Ortiz

Editor: Carlos Javier Ortiz

Music: Chris Zabriskie, Tynus

Running Time (minutes): 13 min

Language: English

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