Isaac Julien—the ridiculously talented black gay British director who created such avant garde classics as Looking for Langston and Young Soul Rebels—continues his lecture series at the Guggenheim. Tonight at 7:30pm, the film maker and visual artist will discuss his trilogy of film installations: True North, Fantôme Créole and Small Boats. Above is a panel from True North, which was filmed in Sweden and Iceland in 2004. See our review HERE.
· Fashion guru Lloyd Boston on conspicuous fashion statements. "It's really uninventinve...It saddens me especially when I see people of color caught up in logos and designer status logos because we never needed that to make an international style statement. We would set trends with hand-me-downs in decades past because we were creative enough and inventive enough to express ourselves."
· Gay and lesbian Democratic activists meet with chairman Howard Dean and push for more gay and lesbian delegates to the 2008 Democratic National Convention.
· As the Iowa state legislature debates new protections for gay and lesbian students to prohibit harassment and bullying, two 19-year-old Des Moines women are arrested for a vicious hate crime against a 16-year-old gay teen.
· Montana: Legislators revive a bill to ban discrimination against gays and lesbians.
Dang, I'd love to hear Julien's lecture at the Guggie.
And will Young Soul Rebels EVER get a DVD release in the US? I've been looking for a copy forever...
Posted by: Andy in Seattle | 05 February 2007 at 11:14
Umm, you and me both. I have only see VHS copies occasionally on Amazon and eBay.
Posted by: derrick | 05 February 2007 at 11:48
I was gonna write the same thing before I even saw the comments. Funny thing is the soundtrack has been available since the movie was released. The movie features Sophie Okeneido from Hotel Rwanda and my love Eammon Walker from OZ.
Posted by: Dluv | 05 February 2007 at 21:38
I’ve had a DVD copy of Young Soul Rebels for years. And it plays on my U.S.-region DVD drive. So how did I get it? Are you sure it didn’t just go out of print?
Posted by: Jim | 05 February 2007 at 23:36
Oh, and I should have said: The hot one is Mo Sesay. Unfortunately the love scene with him is rather lame. But he’s still very sexy.
(He’s a straight and Muslim, BTW.)
Posted by: Jim | 05 February 2007 at 23:40
FYI Rod: I could be wrong, but the Isaac Julien photo for this post look more like a shot from his "Baltimore" film, with actress Vanessa Myrie rocking the Angela Davis 'fro, than "True North".
Posted by: ReggieH | 08 February 2007 at 16:33
DUH.
Someone was not paying 100 percent attention. Thanks a lot, I've replaced it with a "true" panel from "True North."
Posted by: Rod McCullom | 08 February 2007 at 22:09