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Isaac Julien
Biography
Filmmaker and installation artist, Isaac Julien was born in 1960 in London, where he currently lives and works. His multi-screen film installations and photographs incorporate different artistic disciplines to create a poetic and unique visual language. His 1989 documentary-drama exploring author Langston Hughes and the Harlem Renaissance titled Looking for Langston garnered Julien a cult following while his 1991 debut feature Young Soul Rebels won the Semaine de la Critique prize at the Cannes Film Festival.
Top Filmography

5.5
Daddy and the Muscle Academy
1991 // MOVIE

7.8
Scala!!!
2024 // MOVIE

3.2
Queer as Art
2017 // MOVIE

2.7
This Is Not an AIDS Advertisement
1988 // MOVIE

6.0
Lost Boundaries
2003 // MOVIE

0.0
Black and White in Colour
1992 // MOVIE

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Reframing AIDS
1987 // MOVIE

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Gay Black Group
1983 // MOVIE

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Kill Your TV: Jim Moir’s Weird World of Video Art
2019 // MOVIE

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Black Nations/Queer Nations?
1995 // MOVIE