{"id":7293,"date":"2017-03-03T12:02:33","date_gmt":"2017-03-03T18:02:33","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blogs.saic.edu\/cate\/?p=7293"},"modified":"2025-01-09T18:44:32","modified_gmt":"2025-01-10T00:44:32","slug":"march-9-the-passion-of-remembrance","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sites.saic.edu\/cate\/2017\/03\/03\/march-9-the-passion-of-remembrance\/","title":{"rendered":"March 9 – The Passion of Remembrance"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Maureen Blackwood and Isaac Julien\/Sankofa Film and Video, still from The Passion of Remembrance, 1986. Image courtesy of Women Make Movies.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

The Sankofa Film and Video Collective<\/a> was part of a wave of politically-minded Black independent filmmakers who emerged in London in the 1980s, during an era of increasing social conservatism and racial unrest. The group\u2019s acclaimed first feature, co-directed by members Maureen Blackwood and Isaac Julien, is a prismatic look at gender, race, sexuality, and generational conflict. Interwoven with footage of England\u2019s inner-city riots of the early 1980s<\/a>, the film is comprised of two main storylines: one features a dialogue between an allegorical Black Man and Black Woman, and the other follows the everyday experiences of the Baptiste family from the 1950s through the 1980s. A rich and complex work whose reflections reverberate today.<\/span><\/p>\n

1986, United Kingdom, Maureen Blackwood and Isaac Julien\/Sankofa Film and Video Collective, 16mm, 80 min<\/span><\/em><\/i><\/p>\n

Maureen Blackwood<\/strong><\/b><\/a> is a writer and director. After completing a degree in media studies, she cofounded the Sankofa Film and Video Collective. Her works with Sankofa include The Passion of Remembrance<\/em><\/i> (1986), Looking for Langston<\/em><\/i> (1988), and Dreaming Rivers<\/em><\/i> (1988). \u00a0She also wrote and directed the award-winning Perfect Image?<\/em><\/i> (1989) as well as A Family Called Abrew <\/em><\/i>(1994), Home Away from Home<\/em><\/i> (1994), and Shop of Dreams<\/em><\/i> (2005).<\/span>\u200c<\/p>\n

Isaac Julien<\/strong><\/b><\/a> is an installation artist and filmmaker. His work breaks down the barriers between different artistic disciplines, drawing from and commenting on film, dance, photography, music, theater, painting, and sculpture, and uniting these media\u00a0to construct powerful visual narratives. Julien has had solo exhibitions at MAC Niter\u00f3i, Rio de Janeiro (2016); Museo Universitario Arte Contempor\u00e1neo, Mexico City (2016); the De Pont Museum, Netherlands (2015); MoMA, New York (2013); Art Institute of Chicago (2013); Museum of Contemporary Art, San Diego (2012); Nasjonalmuseet, Oslo (2012); Bass Museum, Miami (2010); Museum Brandhorst, Munich (2009); Museu Nacional de Arte Contempor\u00e2nea – do Chiado, Lisbon (2008); Kestnergesellschaft, \u00a0Hanover (2006); Centre Pompidou, Paris (2005); and Museum of Contemporary Art, North Miami (2005).\u200c<\/span>\u200c<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

The Sankofa Film and Video Collective was part of a wave of politically-minded Black independent filmmakers who emerged in London in the 1980s, during an era of increasing social conservatism and racial unrest. The group\u2019s acclaimed first feature, co-directed by members Maureen Blackwood and Isaac Julien, is a prismatic look at gender, race, sexuality, and […]<\/p>\n

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