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Full Record for Film No. 83


Title:Three Songs on Pain Light and Time
Director 1:Edward George
Director 2:Trevor Mathison
Country:UK
Year:1995
length:25 mins
Colour/b-w:colour
Genre:documentary
Screenwriter:Edward George
Cinematographer:Mick Duffield
Editor:James Edmonds
Producer:David Lawson
Production company:Black Audio Film Collective Production
Cast:
Location:TABB
TABB No.:51
Synopsis:Portrait of Donald Rodney, an artist with sickle cell anaemia who looks at the nature of sexuality, masculinity and race in his works of art. The film also introduces other artists who talk about the ideas, ideals and themes they share with Rodney and his work.The art predominantly deals with their cultural heritage, with gender and the dichotomy between black and white. All artists turn the experience of pain - whether physical or psychological - into a productive power.
Keyword 1:black art
Keyword 2:heritage
Keyword 3:racism
Keyword 4:gender
Keyword 5:disability
Keyword 6:sexuality
Keyword 7:black
Keyword 8:masculinity

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