On The Passion of Remembrance
Posted by | Paris Jomadiao | Posted on | March 8, 2017
This week, we look forward to screening The Passion of Remembrance, the first feature film from The Sankofa Film and Video Collective, co-directed by members Maureen Blackwood and Isaac Julien.
Maureen Blackwood and Isaac Julien/Sankofa Film and Video, still from The Passion of Remembrance, 1986. Image courtesy of Women Make Movies.
For additional insight and context into this film and the impact of the collective’s work, we are linking to YOUNG BRITISH AND BLACK: A MONOGRAPH ON THE WORK OF SANKOFA FILM/VIDEO COLLECTIVE AND BLACK AUDIO FILM COLLECTIVE written by interdisciplinary artist and writer Coco Fusco.
Read the monograph here.
Tags: Cinema > Coco Fusco > film > Isaac Julien > Maureen Blackwood > Sankofa Film and Video Collective > The Passion of Remembrance
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