Isaac Julien: Looking For Langston (Signed) - LP Vinyl

• Soundtrack to Isaac Julien's film, 'Looking For Langston'
• 1 x 180g vinyl created with a unique 'Isaac Julien Blue' PVC
• Outer Sleeve printed with silver foil and an extreme gloss finish
• Inner sleeve also printed with an extreme gloss finish
• Includes a 12 x 12" insert
• Signed by Isaac Julien
• Limited edition of 50
• Born in 1960, Julien lives and works in London as a filmmaker and installation artist. ‘Looking for Langston’ received the Teddy Award for Best Short Film at the 1989 Berlin International Film Festival. To celebrate the thirtieth anniversary of the Teddy Awards, the film was selected to be shown at the 66th Berlin International Film Festival in February 2016.
• Having recently worked on conserving and restoring ‘Looking for Langston’ images from his extensive archive, Julien exhibited photographic works at Victoria Miro, London (2017), Jessica Silverman Gallery, San Francisco (2016) and Ron Mandos Gallery, Amsterdam (2016) and a special screening of the film was presented in its original 16mm print at Tate Britain, London (2017).
• The award-winning film, Looking For Langston, made in 1989, is a visually beautiful and lyrical exploration of black and white gay identities set in the Harlem Renaissance in New York of the 1920’s and 1930’s.
• The film is inspired by the unexplored aspects of the life and work of the poet Langston Hughes (1902–1967). The poetry of Langston Hughes, Bruce Nugent and Essex Hemphill are set to blues and jazz as well as ’80’s house music and features the voices of Toni Morrison and Stuart Hall.
• Looking for Langston combines authentic archival newsreel footage, stylized dramatic scenes and the original archive soundtrack, creating a powerful reflection on the expression and suppression of gay desire.

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