Dreams Are Colder Than Death

Blending experimental documentary and essay film features, Arthur Jafa leverages a reflection on the legacy of Martin Luther King’s famous “I have a dream” speech – with the aim to pose fundamental and pressing questions: What does it mean to be black? What is the concept of blackness? Where did it derive and what does this term mean for people of color living in the U.S. today?” Jafa approaches this topic by using lyrical images and offers possible answers. As an audio strategy, he uses the voices of some of the most powerful contemporary thinkers and artists in the field of black studies and black arts. (Filmfest München)