Isaac Julien Movies

  • 2022
    Once Again... (Statues Never Die)

    Once Again... (Statues Never Die)

    Once Again... (Statues Never Die)

    4.52022HD

    An immersive installation by the artist and filmmaker. "Coda" to Looking for Langston.

    Once Again... (Statues Never Die)
  • 1986
    The Passion of Remembrance

    The Passion of Remembrance

    The Passion of Remembrance

    01986HD

    Co-directed by Blackwood and Julien, the first full-length feature film by Sankofa Film and Video offers a radical and necessary interrogation into...

    The Passion of Remembrance
  • 1999
    Long Road to Mazatlán

    Long Road to Mazatlán

    Long Road to Mazatlán

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    Shot in Texas, Isaac Julien's Turner Prize nominated film installation Long Road to Mazatlán reflects upon the construction of masculinity...

    Long Road to Mazatlán
  • 1994
    The Darker Side of Black

    The Darker Side of Black

    The Darker Side of Black

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    An exploration of the homophobia expressed by reggae and rap artists againts gays and lesbians. Inludes interviews with rappers Shabba Ranks and Buju...

    The Darker Side of Black
  • 1992
    Black and White in Colour

    Black and White in Colour

    Black and White in Colour

    01992HD

    A two part documentary that details the contribution of black and Asian people to television history from the birth of television in 1936 to 1992....

    Black and White in Colour
  • 1989
    Dreaming Rivers

    Dreaming Rivers

    Dreaming Rivers

    01989HD

    A bittersweet and nostalgic short drama illustrating the spirit of modern families touched by the experience of migration. Miss T., from the...

    Dreaming Rivers
  • 2004
    Encore II (Radioactive)

    Encore II (Radioactive)

    Encore II (Radioactive)

    02004HD

    Encore II (Radioactive) is a short film study inspired by a character from the writings of Octavia Butler, an African American science fiction...

    Encore II (Radioactive)
  • 2003
    Baltimore

    Baltimore

    Baltimore

    02003HD

    Baltimore deals with the cinematization of video art, on the one hand, and a queering and racing of the museum, on the other. The film installation...

    Baltimore
  • 2020
    Lina Bo Bardi – A Marvelous Entanglement

    Lina Bo Bardi – A Marvelous Entanglement

    Lina Bo Bardi – A Marvelous Entanglement

    72020HD

    The multiple screen installation and photographic series A Marvellous Entanglement (2019) traverses a collection of Lina Bo Bardi’s most iconic...

    Lina Bo Bardi – A Marvelous Entanglement
  • 2007
    Western Union: Small Boats

    Western Union: Small Boats

    Western Union: Small Boats

    52007HD

    Isaac Julien’s 2007 multi-screen installation Western Union Small Boats is a work where individual voyages, journeys and travel are explored...

    Western Union: Small Boats
  • 1984
    Territories

    Territories

    Territories

    01984HD

    Territories is an experimental documentary about the Notting Hill Carnival. It locates the event within the struggle between white authority and...

    Territories
  • 1993
    Significant (Br)other

    Significant (Br)other

    Significant (Br)other

    11993HD

    Erotic images of Black men with voice over text by Isaac Julien and Kobena Mercer question the objectification of the Black male image by white...

    Significant (Br)other
  • 2002
    Paradise Omeros

    Paradise Omeros

    Paradise Omeros

    02002HD

    Paradise Omeros delves into the fantasies and feelings of "creoleness" - the mixed language, the hybrid mental states and the territorial...

    Paradise Omeros
  • 1995
    Black Nations/Queer Nations?

    Black Nations/Queer Nations?

    Black Nations/Queer Nations?

    01995HD

    This is an experimental documentary chronicling the March 1995 groundbreaking conference on lesbian and gay sexualities in the African diaspora. The...

    Black Nations/Queer Nations?
  • 1983
    Gay Black Group

    Gay Black Group

    Gay Black Group

    01983HD

    The formation of the Gay Black Group was a landmark in gay black history. Meeting at Gay's the Word, a bookshop in Bloomsbury, London, it provided a...

    Gay Black Group
  • 2005
    Fantôme Afrique

    Fantôme Afrique

    Fantôme Afrique

    02005HD

    Fantôme Afrique, weaves cinematic and architectural references through the rich imagery of urban Ouagadougou, the centre for cinema in Africa,...

    Fantôme Afrique
  • 2000
    Vagabondia

    Vagabondia

    Vagabondia

    62000HD

    A black female conservator imagines the buried stories and the hidden histories within the museum's cornucopia of colonial plunder. Filmed with...

    Vagabondia
  • 2005
    Fantôme Creole

    Fantôme Creole

    Fantôme Creole

    02005HD

    Fantôme Créole is a four-screen film installation that juxtaposes Arctic and African landscapes as it combines two films: True North,...

    Fantôme Creole
  • 2021
    Encore No.1 Paradise Omeros

    Encore No.1 Paradise Omeros

    Encore No.1 Paradise Omeros

    02021HD

    Isaac Julien's contribution to Documenta Platform6 in memory of Okwui Enwezor.

    Encore No.1 Paradise Omeros
  • 2005
    Portrait in Blue: Essex Hemphill

    Portrait in Blue: Essex Hemphill

    Portrait in Blue: Essex Hemphill

    02005HD

    Portrait in Blue: Essex Hemphill