Q&A with Kent Garrett and Kazembe Balagun of Rosa Luxemburg Shiftung, New York

Two docs made for Black Journal, examining the perennial outsider status accorded to those ostensibly on the inside. In Central Harlem, at the height of the Black Power movement, a policeman discusses his role in and out of the uniform, contrasted with the experiences of a colleague in the LAPD. For African-American soldiers in Vietnam, the contradiction of being expected to defend liberties not granted at home is evident. Courtesy of the Reserve Film and Video Collection of the New York Public Library for the Performing Arts.

The Black GI
Kent Garrett, USA, 1971, 16mm, 54m
Courtesy of the Reserve Film and Video Collection of The New York Public Library for the Performing Arts.

The Black Cop
Kent Garrett, USA, 1969, 16mm, 15m
Courtesy of the Reserve Film and Video Collection of The New York Public Library for the Performing Arts.