Isaac Julien
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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.
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Playtime (2013)
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Territories (1984)
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Three (2000)
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BaadAsssss Cinema (2002)
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Lost Boundaries (2003)
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Fantôme Afrique (2005)
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The Passion of Remembrance (1986)
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Fantôme Creole (2005)
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Derek (2008)
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Paradise Omeros (2002)
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Vagabondia (2000)
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Young Soul Rebels (1991)
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Ten Thousand Waves (2010)
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Baltimore (2003)
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Looking for Langston (1989)
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Portrait in Blue: Essex Hemphill (2005)
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Lina Bo Bardi — A Marvelous Entanglement (2019)
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Once Again... (Statues Never Die) (2025)
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Lessons of the Hour (2019)
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Western Union: Small Boats (2007)
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Encore II (Radioactive) (2004)
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Long Road to Mazatlán (1999)
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This Is Not an AIDS Advertisement (1988)
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30/30 Vision: Three Decades of Strand Releasing (2019)
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Encore No.1 Paradise Omeros (2021)
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The Darker Side of Black (1994)
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Once Again... (Statues Never Die) (2022)
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Frantz Fanon: Black Skin, White Mask (1996)
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Black and White in Colour (1992)
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Who Killed Colin Roach? (1983)
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True North (2004)
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The Attendant (1993)
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