Reflections on Black

Year: 1955

Runtime: 12 mins

Language: English

Director: Stan Brakhage

Drama

The work presents a series of unsettling dramas that examine male‑female relationships within the cramped, gritty atmosphere of a New York tenement, using the building’s oppressive setting to heighten emotional tension. The film was preserved by the Academy Film Archive in partnership with The Film Foundation in 2012.

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