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“Black Atlas” Screening with Edward George & Fred Moten

Wed, Sep 2, 2026 • 7:00 PM—9:00 PM
3361 6th Ave, Troy, NY 12180

About this event

@ as part of EMPAC’s TOPOS Festival Join Black Audio Film Collective founder Edward George for a screening of Black Atlas which explores the “Image of the Black” archive—a collection of over 30,000 images documenting representations of people of African descent from antiquity through the civil rights era. After the screening, George will be joined in conversation with Fred Moten, a Black Culture Studies professor at NYU Tisch.  This event is a collaboration with EMPAC & iEar Presents! REGISTER HERE *This event is included in the TOPOS Festival Pass Commissioned by The Warburg Institute in London, filmmaker, writer, broadcaster, and musician Edward George’s Black Atlas explores the “Image of the Black” archive—a collection of over 30,000 images documenting representations of people of African descent from antiquity through the civil rights era. The American premiere of Black Atlas is presented in partnership with The Sanctuary for Independent Media (Troy, NY) and RPI Arts Department’s… View Source