Movie

Medea

Ben Caldwell’s Medea, a collage piece made on an animation stand and edited entirely in the camera, combines live action and rapidly edited still images of Africans and African Americans which function like flashes of history that the unborn child will inherit. Caldwell invokes Amiri Baraka’s poem “Part of the Doctrine” in this experimental meditation on art history, Black imagery, identity and heritage.

Director

Ben Caldwell

Screenplay

Ben Caldwell

Screenplay

Amiri Baraka

Status

Released

Release date

01/01/1973

Original language

English