Movies by Isaac Julien
As a director:
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Derek (2008)
Cast: Derek Jarman, Tilda Swinton
Directed by: Isaac Julien
Aiming to inform and inspire a new generation, British filmmaker Isaac Julien documents the life and work of accomplished artist Derek Jarman, whose legacy as a film director, stage designer,…
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BaadAsssss Cinema (2002)
Cast: Pam Grier, Richard Roundtree, Isaac Hayes …
Directed by: Isaac Julien
Filmmaker Isaac Julien takes us back to the early 1970s and the explosion of blaxploitation films, one of America's most beloved cult genres. These fun and energetic films had all the…
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Young Soul Rebels (1991)
Cast: Valentine Nonyela, Mo Sesay, Dorian Healy …
Directed by: Isaac Julien
Set in the summer of 1977, this drama explores the collision between rastas, funks, punks, gays and straights living in London. While a murder is investigated, a gay couple face adversity.…
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Looking for Langston (1988)
Cast: Ben Ellison, Matthew Baidoo, John Wilson …
Directed by: Isaac Julien
Combining archival footage of Harlem's Cotton Club with photographs by Robert Mapplethorpe, staged set pieces, fantasy sequences and an invented love story, director Isaac Julien…