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Lessons of the Hour: Isaac Julien
Oct 14, 2020–Mar 13, 2021
Lessons of the Hour is an immersive, meditative portrait of Frederick Douglass by British filmmaker and installation artist Isaac Julien.
![Design by MacFadden & Thorpe. Conly, C. F, and G. K Warren, photographer. Frederick Douglass / C.F. Conly Photographer, 465 Washington St., Boston., None. [Between 1884 and 1890, from negative taken in 1876]. Library of Congress, Liljenquist Family collection](https://www.mcevoyarts.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/09/Flexbox-100-846x1188.jpg)
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New Labor Movements
Oct 14, 2020–Mar 13, 2021
Emerging and established filmmakers explore contemporary visions of America and concepts of transnational Blackness.
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B. Ruby Rich, Kass Banning, Warren Crichlow, and Isaac Julien
Wed, Oct 28, 2020 • 12pm–1pm
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Angela Davis and Isaac Julien Moderated by Sarah Lewis
Wed, Nov 11, 2020 • 6pm–7pm
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B. Ruby Rich, Kass Banning, Warren Crichlow, and Isaac Julien in Conversation
Isaac Julien is joined by editors and contributors to Film Quarterly for a discussion about sensorial immersion and human rights in the artist’s moving-image
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Angela Davis and Isaac Julien in Conversation, Moderated by Sarah Lewis
Activist and scholar Angela Davis joins artist Isaac Julien for a conversation about the influence of Frederick Douglass on contemporary movements for racial
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Abolition Then and Now: Robin D. G. Kelley and Isaac Julien in Conversation
Artist Isaac Julien and historian Robin D.G. Kelley discuss Julien’s 'Lessons of the Hour' as part of UC Santa Cruz’s ‘Visualizing Abolition’ event series.
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