Movies for Grownups: ‘The Melt Goes on Forever: The Art & Times of David Hammons’

Movies for Grownups: ‘The Melt Goes on Forever: The Art & Times of David Hammons’

“The Melt Goes on Forever” is a revelatory journey through six decades of art and culture.

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This film tells the story of David Hammons’ career, covering life in Los Angeles during the turbulent 1960s to his prominence within the global art world today, by analyzing African American society and its representation within U.S. life. It features interviews with eminent artists, curators and critics; a wealth of archival footage; and an evocative soundscape by Ramachandra Borcar that includes Marshall Allen, Idris Ackamoor and Shabaka Hutchings, and a reading by The Last Poets member and hip-hop forefather Umar Bin Hassan.

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