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Full Record for Film No. 11


Title:Darker Side of Black, The
Director 1:Isaac Julien
Country:UK
Year:1994
length:59 mins
Colour/b-w:colour
Genre:documentary
Screenwriter:Isaac Julien, Edward George
Cinematographer:Arthur Jafa, David Scott
Editor:Joy Chamberlain
Producer:David Lawson, Lina Gopaul
Production company:Normal Films/Black Audio Film Collective for BBC/Arts Council of England
Cast:
Location:TABB
TABB No.:11
Synopsis:A provocative investigation of the social and political influences on rap and ragga music and their hardcore proponents in Jamaica. The film tackles ritualised machismo, misogyny, homophobia and gun glorification.
Keyword 1:black
Keyword 2:music
Keyword 3:Jamaica
Keyword 4:gender
Keyword 5:sexuality
Keyword 6:violence
Keyword 7:homosexuality
Keyword 8:West Indian
Text Reference 1:Black Nationhood and the Rest in the West: An Interview with Isaac Julien

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