Isaac Julien in Person.
Preceded by:
THE ATTENDANT (Isaac Julien, UK, 1993).
The fantasy life of a black male attendant in a British museum. (10 mins, Color, Digital video, From Isaac Julien Studio)
THE LONG ROAD TO MAZATLÁN (Isaac Julien, UK, 1999).
An exploration of sexual politics and the West. (18 mins, Color/B&W, Digital video, From Isaac Julien Studio)
Looking for Langston is a lyrical reimagining of the cultural legacy of revered African American poet Langston Hughes. Julien invokes Hughes as a black gay cultural icon, laying archival footage alongside performance in an impressionistic, atmospheric setting that is at once 1920s Harlem speakeasy, 1980s London gay nightclub, and atemporal dreamscape. Extracts from Hughes’s poetry are interwoven with the work of a range of cultural figures from the 1920s and beyond, including writers Bruce Nugent and Essex Hemphill and controversial photographer Robert Mapplethorpe.
Part of the ISAAC JULIEN series at the BAMPFA.
Free gallery admission with same-day film ticket!
show less
Preceded by:
THE ATTENDANT (Isaac Julien, UK, 1993).
The fantasy life of a black male attendant in a British museum. (10 mins, Color, Digital video, From Isaac Julien Studio)
THE LONG ROAD TO MAZATLÁN (Isaac Julien, UK, 1999).
An exploration of sexual politics and the West. (18 mins, Color/B&W, Digital video, From Isaac Julien Studio)
Looking for Langston is a lyrical reimagining of the cultural legacy of revered African American poet Langston Hughes. Julien invokes Hughes as a black gay cultural icon, laying archival footage alongside performance in an impressionistic, atmospheric setting that is at once 1920s Harlem speakeasy, 1980s London gay nightclub, and atemporal dreamscape. Extracts from Hughes’s poetry are interwoven with the work of a range of cultural figures from the 1920s and beyond, including writers Bruce Nugent and Essex Hemphill and controversial photographer Robert Mapplethorpe.
Part of the ISAAC JULIEN series at the BAMPFA.
Free gallery admission with same-day film ticket!
Isaac Julien in Person.
Preceded by:
THE ATTENDANT (Isaac Julien, UK, 1993).
The fantasy life of a black male attendant in a British museum. (10 mins, Color, Digital video, From Isaac Julien Studio)
THE LONG ROAD TO MAZATLÁN (Isaac Julien, UK, 1999).
An exploration of sexual politics and the West. (18 mins, Color/B&W, Digital video, From Isaac Julien Studio)
Looking for Langston is a lyrical reimagining of the cultural legacy of revered African American poet Langston Hughes. Julien invokes Hughes as a black gay cultural icon, laying archival footage alongside performance in an impressionistic, atmospheric setting that is at once 1920s Harlem speakeasy, 1980s London gay nightclub, and atemporal dreamscape. Extracts from Hughes’s poetry are interwoven with the work of a range of cultural figures from the 1920s and beyond, including writers Bruce Nugent and Essex Hemphill and controversial photographer Robert Mapplethorpe.
Part of the ISAAC JULIEN series at the BAMPFA.
Free gallery admission with same-day film ticket!
read more
Preceded by:
THE ATTENDANT (Isaac Julien, UK, 1993).
The fantasy life of a black male attendant in a British museum. (10 mins, Color, Digital video, From Isaac Julien Studio)
THE LONG ROAD TO MAZATLÁN (Isaac Julien, UK, 1999).
An exploration of sexual politics and the West. (18 mins, Color/B&W, Digital video, From Isaac Julien Studio)
Looking for Langston is a lyrical reimagining of the cultural legacy of revered African American poet Langston Hughes. Julien invokes Hughes as a black gay cultural icon, laying archival footage alongside performance in an impressionistic, atmospheric setting that is at once 1920s Harlem speakeasy, 1980s London gay nightclub, and atemporal dreamscape. Extracts from Hughes’s poetry are interwoven with the work of a range of cultural figures from the 1920s and beyond, including writers Bruce Nugent and Essex Hemphill and controversial photographer Robert Mapplethorpe.
Part of the ISAAC JULIEN series at the BAMPFA.
Free gallery admission with same-day film ticket!
show less
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2155 Center Street, Berkeley, CA 94720
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