Post Atlantic explores the visionary world of legendary African-American painter and philosopher Dewey Crumpler as he connects the transatlantic slave trade to modern globalization, demonstrating what it means to be a working artist with a conscience in today’s society. A defining figure in the Black Arts Movement, Crumpler emerged from his early work with the Black Panther Party and went on to teach future luminaries at the San Francisco Art Institute. Post Atlantic follows Crumpler in his studio, at home, throughout the Bay Area, and at the recent high-profile opening of his “Post Atlantic” exhibition in New York. The film is a vivid portal into a life of creation, defiance, and visionary engagement with both history and the future.
Biography:
Alan Snitow’s films include Town Destroyer, the award-winning Company Town, Between Two Worlds, Thirst, Secrets of Silicon Valley, and Blacks and Jews. He was a producer at KTVU-TV News for 12 years. Prior to that, he served as News Director at KPFA-FM, the Bay Area’s Pacifica radio station, where he won the Corporation for Public Broadcasting Gold Award for Best Local Newscast. Snitow has served on the boards of the National Federation of Community Broadcasters, Film Arts Foundation, California Media Collaborative, and Food and Water Watch, and as Board President of the San Francisco Jewish Film Festival. He is a member of SAG-AFTRA.
Deborah Kaufman’s films include Town Destroyer, the award-winning Company Town, Between Two Worlds, Thirst, Secrets of Silicon Valley, and Blacks and Jews. She was the founder and Director of the San Francisco Jewish Film Festival, the first and largest independent Jewish film showcase in the world, for 13 years. Kaufman has served on the boards of the California Council for the Humanities, the New Israel Fund, and Amnesty International USA. She has also worked as a consultant, programmer, lecturer, and activist with a wide range of human rights, multicultural, and media arts organizations. Kaufman is a graduate of the University of California College of the Law, San Francisco, a member of the California Bar and the Documentary Branch of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences.
