Arthur Jafa: Love is the Message, The Message is Death
Arthur Jafa鈥檚 2016 video Love is the Message, The Message is Death is an exploration of Black identity, history, and culture in America. The video, set to Kanye West鈥檚 gospel-inspired track 鈥淯ltralight Beam,鈥� uses a rapidly edited montage of mostly found footage to convey the complexities of Black life in the United States, including images of civil rights leaders like Malcolm X and Martin Luther King Jr., moments of Black cultural achievement, as well as disturbing clips of police violence against Black people.
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Arthur Jafa鈥檚 2016 video Love is the Message, The Message is Death is an exploration of Black identity, history, and culture in America. The video, set to Kanye West鈥檚 gospel-inspired track 鈥淯ltralight Beam,鈥� uses a rapidly edited montage of mostly found footage to convey the complexities of Black life in the United States, including images of civil rights leaders like Malcolm X and Martin Luther King Jr., moments of Black cultural achievement, as well as disturbing clips of police violence against Black people.
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