Black Art, Black Artists (1971) Elyseo J. Taylor

As the only Black faculty member in UCLAs School of Theater, Film and Television, Elyseo Taylor was an influential teacher and advocate for students of color. In voiceover dialogue with woodcut printmaker Van Slater, Taylors film examines the status of contemporary Black artists. A visual survey of Black art since the 19th century, punctuated with jazz and blues selections, outlines pressures to prove artistic capability, to suit white and middleclass Black tastes and to make explicit political statements. Jacqueline Stewart