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Immersed in books since childhood, acclaimed text-based artist Kameelah Janan Rasheed is fascinated by the written word and its power to both define and destabilize how we understand the world. With a close-up style mirroring Kameelah’s own preoccupation with the fragmentary and barely legible, this film explores the artist’s expansive ideas and miniaturist process in her Brooklyn home studio.

Queens artist Kevin Beasley juxtaposes sound, silence and sculpture to examine the legacy of cotton in the American South.

Provides a rare, in-depth look at the life and work of internationally acclaimed South African artist, William Kentridge. Working in a variety of media -- including sculpture, drawing, animation, tapestry, film, theater, and opera -- Kentridge tackles a broad range of subjects, from cataclysmic historical events to poignant personal moments.