Colored Spade
Film

Colored Spade (1971)

Wednesday, October 24, NMAAHC
Runtime: 2 min

Lasting 79 seconds and costing under $100 to produce, Colored Spade is an assemblage of derogatory images gradually replaced with depictions of African-American power and solidarity.

Part of “Radicalism Revisited: Selections from ‘Say It Loud’” Program by Ashley Clark. Read Clark's essay about the program.

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