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The Passion of Remembrance

Poetic Cinema: Isaac Julien and the Sankofa Film & Video Collective

The Passion of Remembrance (1986) by Isaac Julien, 83 min
Shifting between real and mystic landscapes, Maureen Blackwood and Isaac Julien create a visual mosaic to signify the complexity of the black British experience and the often-overlooked intersections between race, class, gender and sexuality.

Guest speakers in conversation:

• Coco Fusco, artist, writer and Professor of Art at The Cooper Union
• Louis Massiah, documentary filmmaker and Founder/Director of Scribe Video Center
  

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Poetic Cinema: Isaac Julien and the Sankofa Film & Video Collective
Enjoy a programmatic series of three works, developed in concert with artist and filmmaker Isaac Julien, from the Sankofa Film and Video Collective. Each in-person film screening will be accompanied by a conversation between a scholar and artist or filmmaker providing context and building on the works presented.

Curated by Institute of Contemporary Art, University of Pennsylvania, Penn Live Arts at the Annenberg Center and BlackStar Projects.
This series is organized in conjunction with multiple cultural partners across Philadelphia including the Barnes Foundation, BlackStar Projects and The Fabric Workshop and Museum on the occasion of the Barnes Foundation’s centennial and newly commissioned film installation, Once Again (Statues Never Die), on view June 19 – September 4, 2022.

Performances

• Wednesday, August 3 @ 2 PM

Film still credit: Courtesy The Passion of Remembrance (1986)