Most Popular Arthur Jafa Trailers
Total trailers found: 34
En Vogue Trailer (2014)
09 June 2014
A high-concept, in-your-face experimental short showcasing the unique beauty, energy and exuberance m
Eyes Wide Shut Trailer (1999)
16 July 1999
After Dr. Bill Harford's wife, Alice, admits to having sexual fantasies about a man she met, Bill becomes obsessed with having a sexual encounter.
Malcolm X Trailer (1992)
18 November 1992
A tribute to the controversial black activist and leader of the struggle for black liberation. He hit bottom during his imprisonment in the '50s, he became a Black Muslim and then a leader in the Nation of Islam.
Seven Songs for Malcolm X Trailer (1993)
01 October 1993
The Black Audio Film Collective’s seventh film envisioned the death and life of the African American revolutionary as a seven part study in iconography as narrated by novelist Toni Cade Bambara and actor Giancarlo Espesito.
Redacted Trailer (2024)
06 April 2024
In the 73-minute-long film, titled “*****” — or as the artist pronounces it, “Redacted” — we see this recut version of the bloody climax [of Taxi Driver] over and over, each time slightly but crucially different.
The White Album Trailer (2018)
12 December 2018
If Love Is The Message trained Jafa’s scrutiny on black experience, The White Album shifts his lens to white experience, acknowledging that neither can be understood in isolation from the another.
Deshotten 1.0 Trailer (2009)
15 January 2009
"Deshotten 1.0" was the first collaboration between Arthur Jafa and Malik Sayeed and is the first TNEG project.
4:44 Trailer (2017)
06 July 2017
Centers on two performances; in the first, dancers Storyboard P and Okwui Okpokwasili twist and twine their bodies in a moving two-part dance of desire, pain, and regret.
Feel Like Going Home Trailer (2003)
28 September 2003
Martin Scorsese traces the roots of the blues from the Mississippi Delta back to West Africa, journeying from the juke joints of Mississippi to the banks of the Niger River in Mali.
Crooklyn Trailer (1994)
13 May 1994
From Spike Lee comes this vibrant semi-autobiographical portrait of a school-teacher, her stubborn jazz-musician husband and their five kids living in '70s Brooklyn.
Praise House Trailer (1991)
01 January 1991
“Draw or Die” is the divine imperative received by the painter, Hannah, who is being nurtured by her Grandmother, but controlled by her pragmatic mother.
AGHDRA Trailer (2021)
12 November 2021
With AGHDRA, Arthur Jafa takes his work in a much different direction. The film contains just a handful of cuts; all of the footage is original.
Relatives Trailer (1989)
01 January 1989
Ishmael Huston-Jones physically carries his mother, Pauline Jones, into the improvisational dance space.
A Litany for Survival: The Life and Work of Audre Lorde Trailer (1995)
06 January 1995
The career of iconic and influential poet and writer Audre Lorde is seen up until death.
Daughters of the Dust Trailer (1991)
24 January 1991
In 1902, an African-American family living on a sea island off the coast of South Carolina prepares to move to the North.
Love Is the Message, the Message Is Death Trailer (2017)
02 April 2017
A reflection on Jafa's desire to craft a "black cinema" that is responsive to the "existential, political, and spiritual dimensions" of Black life.
Apex Trailer (2017)
15 June 2017
A striking music-driven 8-minute video work proposes a vibrant scenario in which the histories drawn from the African American narrative of Blackness bear universal significance.
Florida Water Trailer (2014)
02 August 2014
Numa Perrier reimagines the story and moments in a distinct photograph of her mother. What results is a complex merging of memory, absence, and imagery set against the backdrop of Port Au Prince, Haiti.
a Negro, a Lim-o Trailer (2022)
09 October 2022
Commissioned by The Museum of Modern Art on the occasion of Just Above Midtown: Changing Spaces (October 9, 2022-February 18, 2023).
Pilgrim Trailer (2019)
23 January 2019
Personal pilgrimages to three sites of extreme creativity, invention, and generosity: Alice Coltraney
The Star Eaters Trailer (2004)
01 February 2004
A short and inconclusive treatise on women and gambling. The allure of risk taking, the contradictions of excessive behavior and a penchant for failure combine in this fairytale set in the abandoned decay which was onced a glamorous Atlantic City.
Dirty Tesla Trailer (2021)
31 December 2021
Collage showcased at the Gladstone Gallery in October 2022.
The Black August Hip Hop Project Trailer (2010)
26 August 2010
Shot in the span of ten years, Black August Hip-Hop Project takes us to New York City, Cuba, and South Africa to raise awareness about political prisoners in the United States and abroad.
Rouch in Reverse Trailer (1995)
01 January 1995
Malian filmmaker and New York University professor, Manthia Diawara critiques visual anthropology through the work of Jean Rouch.
Shadows of Liberty Trailer (2012)
12 June 2012
Shadows of Liberty presents the phenomenal true story of today's disintegrating freedoms within the U.
My Brother's Wedding Trailer (1983)
13 September 1983
A young African-American man, living in Los Angeles without direction in his life, reluctantly agrees to be the best man for his brother, an upwardly mobile lawyer.
akingdoncomethas Trailer (2018)
17 May 2018
A montage of filmed sermons and gospel songs performed in black churches from the 1980s to the 2000s.
LOML Trailer (2022)
14 April 2022
An homage to Jafa's friend and collaborator Greg Tate upon his death.
Happy Birthday, Marsha! Trailer (2018)
10 March 2018
It's a hot summer day in June, 1969. Marsha throws herself a birthday party and dreams of performing at a club in town, but no one shows up.
Apex Trailer (2013)
16 March 2013
Jafa has asked, at what scale should we consider the lives of Black Americans? For over thirty years—starting while he worked as a cinematographer—Jafa has compiled notebooks with clippings from a broad array of sources.
Dreams Are Colder Than Death Trailer (2014)
07 June 2014
What does it mean to be Black in America in the 21st century? The recently formed Black American film group TNEG™ has set out to elucidate this very question.
SloPEX Trailer (2022)
09 June 2022
A slowed-down, modified iteration of Jafa's masterpiece APEX. Underscored by the beats of Detroit techno pioneer Robert Hood.
