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Home Movie: Pavel Lihani Collection: 004874

Ephemeral film · 12 min

  • War

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Content warning: Includes a sequence in which the photographer surveils Black people on the street. 1968 Czechoslovak revolt news coverage, astronauts captured off television, teenagers riding horses and many scenes of storyboard illustrations for television advertising campaigns. 179 1975 TKA (& MYRA) HORSEBACK RIDING T & I + PICKING PLUMS postmarked SEP 10 1975 2. 75 FORT H/B RIDING (WMYRA_ 180 LIHANI postmarked SEP 10 1975 3. TVC'S SOH 10 OCT 75 OCT 10 1975 LIHANI 633 HURON cyan lab stamp:…

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12 minutes

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★ · Cleveland, Ohio · nobodychair · 2026-09-16

As a historically oppressed Black man, the content warning made me indignant at the implicit racism in secretly filming my people. --- As an antiracist white man, (a capital W is inappropriate since I belong to a privileged class) the content warning made me disgusted at the racism in secretly filming Black people, and it made me and ashamed of myself because I am member of the oppressor race. --- As a racist white man, the content warning made me curious about what the "Black people on the street" were doing that brought the attention of the filmmaker, or why the policeman appeared later in…

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