In a new kind of living portraiture, a remarkable group of African-American notables share candid stories and revealing insights into the struggles, triumphs and joys of black life in the U.S. when THE BLACK LIST: VOLUME ONE debuts MONDAY, AUG. 25 (9p.m. ET/PT), exclusively on HBO. The film is a collaboration between celebrated portrait photographer and filmmaker Timothy Greenfield-Sanders, who directs, and award-winning journalist Elvis Mitchell who conducts the interviews.

Submit a video of yourself, a relative, a friend, a co-worker, a neighbor, or anyone who has a story to tell about his or her experience of what's it’s like to be black in America today.

The winning videos will be selected by a distinguished panel of judges and viewers like you.

The Black List Exhibition on view Nov.21,2008 - Mar.29,2009

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The Black List Project

The Black List – The Book

September 17th, 2008

This conversational collection of twenty-five portraits and essays by powerful, trailblazing African Americans is now available for sale online.

People Magazine's take on The Black List

September 5th, 2008

The Museum of Fine Arts, Houston

August 4th, 2008

The Museum of Fine Arts, Houston opens with The Black List Project: Timothy Greenfield-Sanders and Elvis Mitchell, an exhibition of large-scale portraits and selected highlights from the film.

Read all of the great press and reviews for The Black List (Volume One)

 

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In their new publication and audio book Mitchell and Greenfield-Sanders offer a thought-provoking, conversational collection of twenty-five portraits and essays by powerful, trailblazing African Americans.
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