Traveling While Black
Roger Ross Williams / US, 2019 / 20 min.
Filmmaker and writer Roger Ross Williams makes use of VR technology to have us experience what it means to be black in the United States.
In Traveling While Black you are seated at a table in Ben”s Chili Bowl, a restaurant in Washington that”s in 'The Green Book'. This guide - to call it a survival guide would not be overstating it - was used from the 1940s through the 1960s to tell African Americans where to find safe and friendly petrol stations, hotels, restaurants and hospitals.
Details
Director
Roger Ross Williams
Production year
2019
Country
US
Original title
Traveling while black
Length
20 min.
Language
English
Part of
Xtended
Virtual Reality productions are an increasingly important element of the contemporary film experience. Eye has created a new programme, Xtended, to focus on VR. In Xtended, you’re not confronted with the flat surface of a film screen. You move around virtually in 3D through a designed space that surrounds and immerses you on all sides.
