Field Niggas
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| Field Niggas | |
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| Directed by | Khalik Allah |
| Cinematography | Khalik Allah |
| Edited by | Khalik Allah |
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Running time | 60 minutes |
| Country | United States |
| Languages | English Spanish |
Field Niggas is a 2015 American documentary film directed and edited by Khalik Allah. The film comprises observational footage of, and interviews and discussions with, people at night around the notorious Harlem street corner of 125th Street and Lexington Avenue in New York City. Its subjects are predominantly African American,[2] experiencing poverty, homelessness, drug addiction,[3][4] physical infirmities, and harassment from the police.[5]
Field Niggas was filmed during the summer of 2014,[6] shot using a handheld camera and available lighting. Khalik Allah served as director, cinematographer, and editor. He recorded the sound of his conversations with people separately to filming them, so the sound is not synchronised with the images.[7] The film also includes surveillance footage of the strangulation of Eric Garner as well as the overdubbed sound of field hollers by a 1950s chain gang.[8]
The film's title is derived from "Message to the Grass Roots",[9] a public speech delivered by human rights activist Malcolm X in 1963, "extolling the spirit of rebellion among outdoor slaves."[7]