Isaac Julien

Looking for Langston

Isaac Julien

1989

40'

United Kingdom

vo: en

sub: fr

Poetic meditation on the American black writer Langston Hugues and the “Harlem Renaissance”. Isaac Julien gives a lyrical reconstitution of this period, where the forgotten beauty of gay black culture is revealed in a society where homosexuality was regarded as a sin.

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Attendant (The)

Isaac Julien

1993

10'

United Kingdom

vo: en

sub: fr

The fantasies of a museum attendant take shape when a painting of a master and his slave become the living embodiment of his sadomasochistic desires.

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Long Road to Mazatlan

Isaac Julien

1999

20'

United Kingdom

vo: en

A variation on the representation of the “white man” through the image of the American cowboy and the homoerotic fascination that it causes. Experiments in vision and sound help provide a beautiful backdrop to this unique poem. Collaboration between Isaac Julien and Javier de Frutos

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The screening

Isaac Julien is a film maker and contemporary video artist whose works have been shown in some of the most prestigious museums worldwide, such as the MOMA in New York and the centre Pompidou in Paris.
Since 1981, he has been exploring the topics of black culture and homosexuality in the African diaspora as well as the multiple facets of black popular culture in photography, psychiatry and cinema.
In 2004, we screened several of his films that we have the pleasure of showing you once again as a part of the 15 years of Pink Screens.

Practical information

Cinema Aventure

Rue des Fripiers 15

1000 Bruxelles