Hidden Colors

Hidden Colors is the name of an ongoing documentary filmseries directed by Tariq Nasheed and produced through King Flex Entertainment, to explain and describe the marginalizing of African Americans in America and the world.[1][2][3][4][5][6][7] The first four films were funded by separate Kickstarter campaigns, and the fifth film was funded using Indiegogo.[8][9][10][11]

This article is about the documentary filmseries. For colors humans cannot see, see Impossible color.
Hidden Colors
Part 1:
The Untold History Of People Of Aboriginal, Moor, and African Descent
Part 2:
The Triumph of Melanin
Part 3:
The Rules of Racism
Part 4:
The Religion of White Supremacy
Part 5:
The Art of Black Warfare
Directed byTariq Nasheed
Produced by
  • Part 1:
  • Ola Akinroluyo
  • Part 2:
  • Thaddeus A. Blue
  • Part 3:
  • Amos Kulumba
  • Haneef Muhammad
  • Henry Thompson
StarringPlease see sections
Cinematography
  • Part 1:
  • Chas Pangburn
  • Part 2:
  • Keith Jones
  • Robert Kraetsch
  • Part 3:
  • Tony Aaron II
  • Jerry Jackson
  • Keith Jones
  • Will Turner
Edited by
  • Part 1:
  • Roberto Garcia
  • Part 2:
  • Garrett Brawith
  • Umar Johnson
  • Part 3:
  • Vance Crofoot
Production
company
King Flex Entertainment
Distributed byKing Flex Entertainment
Release date
  • Part 1
  • April 14, 2011 (2011-04-14)
  • Part 2
  • December 6, 2012 (2012-12-06)
  • Part 3
  • June 26, 2014 (2014-06-26)
  • Part 4
  • May 26, 2016 (2016-05-26)
  • Part 5
  • August 1, 2019 (2019-08-01)
CountryUnited States
LanguageEnglish

Series

The first film in the series, Hidden Colors: The Untold History Of People Of Aboriginal, Moor, and African Descent, was given a limited theatrical release on April 14, 2011.[2][3][6] The second in the series, Hidden Colors 2: The Triumph of Melanin, was released the following year on December 6, 2012.[5] The third film in the series, Hidden Colors 3: The Rules of Racism, was released on June 26, 2014.[1][4] The fourth film in the series, Hidden Colors 4: The Religion of White Supremacy was successfully funded on Kickstarter in March 2015.[12] The fifth film in the series, Hidden Colors 5: The Art of Black Warfare, was released in August 2019.[13]

Hidden Colors: The Untold History of People of Aboriginal, Moor, and African Descent

The first installment in the series was released on April 14, 2011. The film discusses the role of African and aboriginal people in history and argues some achievements have not been properly recorded or credited to them. Hidden Colors features several interviews with commentators on subjects such as the race and appearance of Jesus Christ and the reasons behind the end of slavery. The film also states Africans were the first to circumnavigate the globe, there was "pre-European settlement in the United States", that Africans created the first Asian dynasties, and that the Vatican created Egyptology.[3]

Cast

Hidden Colors 2: The Triumph of Melanin

The second installment was released on December 6, 2012 and was also directed by Nasheed.[14] The documentary further explores issues surrounding people of African and aboriginal descent such as the global African presence and the treatment of Black economic communities in America.[15] Other film topics include the investigation of melanin.[16]

Cast

Hidden Colors 3: The Rules of Racism

The third installment was released on June 26, 2014. The film focuses on the topic of race, racism, and history within the United States.[4][17]

Cast

Hidden Colors 4: The Religion of White Supremacy
  • Tariq Nasheed
  • Jennifer Tosch
  • Tony Browder
  • Llaila Afrika
  • Boyce Watkins
  • Robin Walker
  • Phil Valentine
  • James Small
  • Eric Sheppard
  • Patricia Newton
  • Nteri Nelson
  • Killer Mike
  • Kaba Kamene
  • Jim Brown
  • Delbert Blair

Hidden Colors 5: The Art of Black Warfare
  • Tariq Nasheed
  • Claud Anderson
  • Brother Polight
  • Kaba Kamene
  • Shahrazad Ali
  • Ice-T
  • Chuck D
  • David Banner
  • Rizza Islam
  • Michael Jai White
  • Jabari Osaze
  • Kmt Shockley
  • James Small

Reception

The radio program Powertalk hosted by Lorraine Jacques-White called Hidden Colors "eye-opening and necessary."[2]

A review of Hidden Colors 2 published in The Village Voice dismissed much of the documentary as conspiracy, saying that Nasheed demonstrates "a seeming total inability to separate gibble-gabble from revealed truth, vital social concern from talk about Chemtrails and digressive subchapters with titles like 'The Hidden Truth About Santa Claus.'" The reviewer praised one contributor, Michelle Alexander, who the Voice noted was the only woman in the film, saying that "Her well-reasoned discussion of the American penal system is compelling, but it's an embarrassment that she should be placed alongside the likes of Dr. Phil Valentine, a metaphysician whose malarkey about AIDS ("the so-called immunity system of the homosexual") is a low point, as is Umar Johnson's lionization of the late, unlamented Gaddafi and the odd nostalgia for segregation that runs throughout."[5]

BET described the series as "one of the most successful Black independent documentaries".[1]

Just before the premiere of Hidden Colors 5 in the UK, Nasheed announced on social media that he had been banned from entering the country by the Home Office. He was stopped from boarding a flight to the UK at the Los Angeles International Airport. Reportedly, the UK government stated that Nasheed is "not conducive to the public good."[13]

References
  1. Zonyeé, Dominique (1 July 2014). "Inside Tariq Nasheed's Hidden Colors 3". BET. Retrieved 14 April 2015.
  2. Jacques-White, Lorraine (30 November 2011). "America's Got 'Hidden Colors'". CBS Atlanta. Archived from the original on 1 March 2014. Retrieved 24 February 2014.
  3. staff (13 February 2014). "Lehigh's OMA hosts screening of 'Hidden Colors: Part 1' as part of Black History Month celebration". LeHigh Valley News. Retrieved 24 February 2014.
  4. Dickerson, Jessica (16 May 2014). "'Hidden Colors' Documentary Series Takes On 'The Rules Of Racism'". Huffington Post. Retrieved 12 April 2015.
  5. Pinkerton, Nick (5 December 2012). "Hidden Colors 2: The Triumph of Melanin". Village Voice. Retrieved 24 February 2014.
  6. Abdul-Karim, Shahid (19 January 2014). "46 years after MLK's death, Greater New Haven black men say image remains an issue". New Haven Register. Retrieved 24 February 2014.
  7. staff. "The Hidden Colors Series — Directed by Tariq Nasheed". Retrieved 14 April 2015.
  8. "Hidden Colors-(A full length feature documentary)". Kickstarter. Retrieved 24 February 2014.
  9. "Hidden Colors 2 by King Flex Entertainment". Kickstarter. Retrieved 24 February 2014.
  10. "Hidden Colors 3 by King Flex Entertainment". Kickstarter. Retrieved 24 February 2014.
  11. "Hidden Colors 5". Indiegogo. Retrieved 18 May 2020.
  12. King Flex Entertainment. "Hidden Colors 4". Kickstarter. Retrieved 14 April 2015.
  13. Sudan, Richard (8 August 2019). "We need anti-racism activists like Tariq Nasheed in the UK – but the Home Office would rather let Trump in". The Independent. Retrieved 18 May 2020.
  14. Obenson, Tambay A. (14 December 2014). "Tariq Nasheed's 'Hidden Colors 2: The Triumph Of Melanin' Now Available On Home Video". IndieWire. Retrieved 24 February 2014.
  15. Davu, Amarii (19 February 2014). "Tariq Nasheed Reveals Our Hidden Colors". The Source. Retrieved 24 February 2014.
  16. Staff. "Hidden Colors 2: The Triumph Of Melanin - DVD". African History Network. Retrieved 14 April 2015.
  17. Staff (3 July 2014). ""Hidden Colors" Director Talks New Doc and Race in America 2014". Life and Times. Retrieved 14 April 2015.
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