A Willing Suspension of Disbelief + Photography and Fetish (2014)

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A three-channel video installation and a split-screen video installation in response to an 1850 daguerrotype of a young American-born enslaved woman named Delia, who was photographed stripped bare as visual evidence in support of an ethnographic study by the Swiss-born naturalist professor Louis Agassiz, who held that racial characteristics are a result of differing human origins.

Director: Christopher Harris
Runtime: 17 min
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Original Language: en
More Films by Director: Christopher Harris

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What is A Willing Suspension of Disbelief + Photography and Fetish about?
A three-channel video installation and a split-screen video installation in response to an 1850 daguerrotype of a young American-born enslaved woman named Delia, who was photographed stripped bare as visual evidence in support of an ethnographic study by the Swiss-born naturalist professor Louis Agassiz, who held that racial characteristics are a result of differing human origins.
Who directed A Willing Suspension of Disbelief + Photography and Fetish?
A Willing Suspension of Disbelief + Photography and Fetish was directed by Christopher Harris.
How long is A Willing Suspension of Disbelief + Photography and Fetish?
A Willing Suspension of Disbelief + Photography and Fetish has a runtime of 17m (17 minutes).