1992 | United States | Experimental

And They Came Riding Into Town on Black and Silver Horses

  • English 30 mins
  • Director | Lawrence Andrews
  • Writer | Lawrence Andrews
  • Producer | Lawrence Andrews

STATUS: Released

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And They Came Riding Into Town on Black and Silver Horses looks at how media representations shape our perception of violence and violent crime, in effect creating racist stereotypes. Andrews suggests that the evidence against young Black men is gathered not at the scene of the crime, but at the scene of representation. Entrained by the actual story of an individual wrongly jailed for a crime based on "eye-witness" testimony, the video is composed as a series of verses — sometimes poetic, sometimes documentary — with segments using appropriated images and interviews with people connected to the event.

Race Media Violence Incarceration Critique
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