Black Kisstory

Something good — Negro Kiss (1898) was the first filmed depiction of Black love ever captured on screen. Just one minute long, but monumental. This single, tender moment became the inspiration for the visual love letter — a compilation of iconic Black kiss scenes in cinema.

Black History Month falls in February. The month we associate with love. That felt like more than a coincidence. So we made a visual love letter from iconic Black kiss scenes in cinema. Black history is often told through struggle. This piece tells it through a kiss.