Danger and Discovery: Cauleen Smith and Linda Earle on Potential in Archives

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Cauleen Smith, still from Sojourner, 2018; Digital video, color, sound; 22:41 minutes, Edition one of five and four artist's proofs. Image courtesy of the artist and Corbett vs. Dempsey. 

The Center invited nationally recognized educator, administrator, funder, and curator Linda Earle to act as the Center’s 2021 Visiting Scholar, exploring how Black archives can serve as a framework for a multivalent exploration of Black cultural production. In this role, she spoke with filmmaker and visual artist Cauleen Smith about how archives inform her work. Below is an introduction from Earle, followed by their conversation, which has been edited for clarity and length. 

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