Isaac Julien

Isaac Julien

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.

  • Title: Isaac Julien
  • Popularity: 2.075
  • Known For: Directing
  • Birthday: 1960-02-21
  • Place of Birth: East End, London, England, UK
  • Homepage: https://www.isaacjulien.com/
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Isaac Julien Movies

  • 2017
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    Queer as Art
    Queer as Art

    4 2017 HD

    Documentary celebrating the LGBTQ contribution to the arts in Britain in the 50 years since decriminalisation. It features interviews with leading...

    Genre: Documentary

    Cast: Stephen K. Amos

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  • 1991
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    Daddy and the Muscle Academy
    Daddy and the Muscle Academy

    5.6 1991 HD

    Tom of Finland is one of the gay world's few authentic icons. His drawings have had an enormous influence on gay identity. Tom's ultimate leather men...

    Genre: Documentary

    Cast: Touko Laaksonen

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  • 1983
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    Gay Black Group
    Gay Black Group

    1 1983 HD

    The formation of the Gay Black Group was a landmark in gay black history. Meeting at Gay's the Word, a bookshop in Bloomsbury, London, it provided a...

    Genre: Documentary

    Cast: Paula Ahluwalia

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  • 1988
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    This Is Not an AIDS Advertisement
    This Is Not an AIDS Advertisement

    3.5 1988 HD

    This highly stylized short asserts sexual desire over fear in gay romantic relationships.

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    Cast: Isaac Julien

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  • 2019
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    Kill Your TV: Jim Moir’s Weird World of Video Art
    Kill Your TV: Jim Moir’s Weird World of Video Art

    1 2019 HD

    Jim Moir (aka Vic Reeves) explores Video Art, revealing how different generations ‘hacked’ the tools of television to pioneer new ways of...

    Genre: Documentary

    Cast: Vic Reeves

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  • 1995
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    Black Nations/Queer Nations?
    Black Nations/Queer Nations?

    1 1995 HD

    This is an experimental documentary chronicling the March 1995 groundbreaking conference on lesbian and gay sexualities in the African diaspora. The...

    Genre: Documentary

    Cast: Jocelyn Taylor

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  • 2024
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    Scala!!!
    Scala!!!

    8.667 2024 HD

    This feature-length big screen documentary tells the riotous inside story of the infamous sex, drugs and rock 'n' roll repertory cinema which...

    Genre: Documentary

    Cast: John Waters

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  • 1992
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    Black and White in Colour
    Black and White in Colour

    1 1992 HD

    A two part documentary that details the contribution of black and Asian people to television history from the birth of television in 1936 to 1992....

    Genre: Documentary

    Cast: Stuart Hall

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  • 2003
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    Lost Boundaries
    Lost Boundaries

    6 2003 HD

    Lost Boundaries is comprised of footage shot by Julien on location, in England in the summer of 1985, during the making of the Sankofa film and video...

    Genre: Documentary

    Cast: Isaac Julien

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  • 1987
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    Reframing AIDS
    Reframing AIDS

    1 1987 HD

    Through a series of interviews with leading British AIDS activists and cultural theorists, this documentary investigates the way in which AIDS has...

    Genre: Documentary

    Cast: Simon Watney

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  • 1991
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    Young Soul Rebels
    Young Soul Rebels

    4.9 1991 HD

    Genre: Drama

    Cast: Valentine Nonyela

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  • 1989
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    Looking for Langston
    Looking for Langston

    5.2 1989 HD

    Genre: Drama

    Cast: Ben Ellison

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  • 1989
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    Looking for Langston
    Looking for Langston

    5.2 1989 HD

    Genre: Drama

    Cast: Ben Ellison

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  • 2002
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    BaadAsssss Cinema
    BaadAsssss Cinema

    5.9 2002 HD

    Genre: Action

    Cast: Larry Cohen

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  • 2008
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    Derek
    Derek

    5.7 2008 HD

    Genre: Documentary

    Cast: Tilda Swinton

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  • 1993
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    The Attendant
    The Attendant

    4.4 1993 HD

    Genre: Fantasy

    Cast: Thomas Baptiste

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  • 1996
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    Frantz Fanon: Black Skin, White Mask
    Frantz Fanon: Black Skin, White Mask

    6.9 1996 HD

    Genre: Documentary

    Cast: Colin Salmon

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  • 1999
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    Long Road to Mazatlán
    Long Road to Mazatlán

    1 1999 HD

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  • 1986
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    The Passion of Remembrance
    The Passion of Remembrance

    1 1986 HD

    Genre: Drama

    Cast: Anni Domingo

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  • 2002
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    Paradise Omeros
    Paradise Omeros

    1 2002 HD

    Genre:

    Cast: Steven Fajana

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  • 2000
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    Vagabondia
    Vagabondia

    6 2000 HD

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  • 1988
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    This Is Not an AIDS Advertisement
    This Is Not an AIDS Advertisement

    3.5 1988 HD

    Genre:

    Cast: Isaac Julien

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  • 1989
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    Dreaming Rivers
    Dreaming Rivers

    1 1989 HD

    Genre: Drama

    Cast: Corinne Skinner-Carter

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  • 1984
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    Territories
    Territories

    1 1984 HD

    Genre: Documentary

    Cast: Maureen Blackwood

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  • 2005
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    Portrait in Blue: Essex Hemphill
    Portrait in Blue: Essex Hemphill

    1 2005 HD

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  • 2005
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    Fantôme Afrique
    Fantôme Afrique

    1 2005 HD

    Genre:

    Cast: Vanessa Myrie

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  • 2007
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    Western Union: Small Boats
    Western Union: Small Boats

    5 2007 HD

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  • 2010
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    Ten Thousand Waves
    Ten Thousand Waves

    7.5 2010 HD

    Genre:

    Cast: Maggie Cheung

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  • 1991
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    Young Soul Rebels
    Young Soul Rebels

    4.9 1991 HD

    Genre: Drama

    Cast: Valentine Nonyela

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  • 1996
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    Frantz Fanon: Black Skin, White Mask
    Frantz Fanon: Black Skin, White Mask

    6.9 1996 HD

    Genre: Documentary

    Cast: Colin Salmon

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  • 2004
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    Encore II (Radioactive)
    Encore II (Radioactive)

    1 2004 HD

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  • 2013
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    Playtime
    Playtime

    1 2013 HD

    Genre: Drama

    Cast: Mercedes Cabral

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  • 2008
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    Derek
    Derek

    5.7 2008 HD

    Genre: Documentary

    Cast: Tilda Swinton

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  • 1992
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    Black and White in Colour
    Black and White in Colour

    1 1992 HD

    Genre: Documentary

    Cast: Stuart Hall

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  • 1994
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    The Darker Side of Black
    The Darker Side of Black

    1 1994 HD

    Genre: Documentary

    Cast:

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  • 2019
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    Lessons of the Hour
    Lessons of the Hour

    8 2019 HD

    Genre: History

    Cast: Ray Fearon

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  • 1988
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    This Is Not an AIDS Advertisement
    This Is Not an AIDS Advertisement

    3.5 1988 HD

    Genre:

    Cast: Isaac Julien

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  • 2004
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    True North
    True North

    1 2004 HD

    Genre:

    Cast: Vanessa Myrie

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  • 2003
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    Baltimore
    Baltimore

    1 2003 HD

    Genre: Science Fiction

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  • 2002
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    Paradise Omeros
    Paradise Omeros

    1 2002 HD

    Genre:

    Cast: Steven Fajana

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  • 2019
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    30/30 Vision: Three Decades of Strand Releasing
    30/30 Vision: Three Decades of Strand Releasing

    5 2019 HD

    Genre: Comedy

    Cast: Maria Schneider

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  • 2000
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    Three
    Three

    1 2000 HD

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  • 1986
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    The Passion of Remembrance
    The Passion of Remembrance

    1 1986 HD

    Genre: Drama

    Cast: Anni Domingo

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  • 1983
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    Who Killed Colin Roach?
    Who Killed Colin Roach?

    1 1983 HD

    Genre: Documentary

    Cast: Benjamin Zephaniah

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  • 2020
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    Lina Bo Bardi – A Marvelous Entanglement
    Lina Bo Bardi – A Marvelous Entanglement

    7 2020 HD

    Genre: Documentary

    Cast: Lina Bo Bardi

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  • 2021
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    Encore No.1 Paradise Omeros
    Encore No.1 Paradise Omeros

    1 2021 HD

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  • 2005
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    Fantôme Creole
    Fantôme Creole

    1 2005 HD

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  • 1993
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    Significant (Br)other
    Significant (Br)other

    1 1993 HD

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  • 2022
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    Once Again... (Statues Never Die)
    Once Again... (Statues Never Die)

    4.5 2022 HD

    Genre: Drama

    Cast: André Holland

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  • 2022
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    Once Again... (Statues Never Die)
    Once Again... (Statues Never Die)

    4.5 2022 HD

    Genre: Drama

    Cast: André Holland

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  • 2003
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    Lost Boundaries
    Lost Boundaries

    6 2003 HD

    Genre: Documentary

    Cast: Isaac Julien

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