ISAAC JULIEN: EROS CRUISES THE MUSEUM IN A FILMMAKER'S DREAMS

Cotter describes British artist and independent filmmaker Isaac Julien's works, who is best known in this country for his rhapsodic Looking for Langston, which made a beleaguered appearance at the New York Festival in 1990. Based on the figure of the African-American poet Langston Hughes, this...

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Published in:NKA (Brooklyn, N.Y.) N.Y.), 2001-11, Vol.2001 (15), p.70-73
Main Author: Cotter, Holland
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
African American Studies and Black Diaspora
African Americans
African Studies
Art and Visual Culture
Art criticism
Art exhibits
Julien, Isaac
Motion picture criticism
Motion picture directors & producers
Personal profiles
Politics
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Summary:Cotter describes British artist and independent filmmaker Isaac Julien's works, who is best known in this country for his rhapsodic Looking for Langston, which made a beleaguered appearance at the New York Festival in 1990. Based on the figure of the African-American poet Langston Hughes, this was no plodding Hollywood bio-pic but a floridly seductive reverie on what it meant-what it means- to be black, beautiful and homosexual in America. Moreover, Julien has gone on to make other films, including one on the revolutionary political thinker Frantz Fanon.
ISSN:1075-7163
2152-7792
DOI:10.1215/10757163-15-1-70