In its stylish and erotic imagery, ‘This is Not an AIDS Ad’ might be seen as
having been a riposte to the Puritanism of the mid-1980s ‘moral panic’
around AIDS. A two-part video, the first part deals with lyrical images of
death and loss while the second part is more joyful and musically assertive.
Also in this combined programme
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Paradise Omeros
Specially edited single-screen version of the installation. See the description there.
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Vagabondia
Filmed in the Sir John Soane museum in London, ‘Vagabondia’ is a film in which curation meets choreography. A black female conservator
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Territories
Made when Julien was part of the British film-making collective Sankofa,’Territories’ focuses on the annual event of Carnival, the fest
Film details
- Country of production
- UK
- Year
- 1987
- Festival edition
- IFFR 2004
- Length
- 14"
- Medium/Format
- DV cam PAL
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