Question Bridge: Black Males

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A "documentary-styled art installation" with the title Question Bridge: Black Males. At the beginning of the video, the entire screen is black, with the exception of a smaller frame within the screen. In this smaller, rectangular frame, positioned to the left of the screen, along it’s middle plane, there is a man wearing a white t-shirt. He looks directly at the camera and says: “So I have a question for you. What does it mean to you to be a black male?” His frame then disappears and instantaneously another one, of the same size, appears in the center of the screen. Another black man, actor Malik Yoba, occupies this second frame. He wears a white shirt which has the words [can’t commit] printed on it. He looks directly at the camera and asks: “What is your purpose in life?” His frame then disappears, and another appears just to the left of where it was.

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