Tag: Isaac Julien
Queerguru’s Ris Fatah reviews renowned filmmaker ISAAC JULIEN’S major retrospective WHAT FREEDOM MEANS TO ME @ London’s Tate Gallery
Renowned filmmaker Isaac Julien’s biggest show to date, What Freedom Means To Me, is currently on at London’s Tate Britain. Julien’s films tell important stories – queer stories, black stories, and social justice stories. Julien, himself a gay black man, has a 40-year story-telling history, including Derek, his 2008 film narrated by Tilda Swinton, about…
Isaac Julien : Stones Against Diamonds
One of the very definite highlights of Art Basel 2015, the world’s leading contemporary Art Fair held in Miami Beach every December, is a new work by the British queer artist and filmmaker Isaac Julien. Commissioned by Rolls Royce Motor Cars the piece is titled Stones Against Diamonds and draws inspiration from a letter written by Brazilian…
