Gay Black Group
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Perhaps it should have been called the Black & Asian, Gay & Lesbian Group instead...
It really is strange to hear Asian men referring to themselves as Black...but, it was the early 80s!
A young Isaac Julien being interviewed is the only reason to watch this...!
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The(ir) Blurb...
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 sounding board and support for gay and black communities of the 1980s. Sitting on the outside of both by virtue of their sexuality or ethnicity the group attempted to negotiate a path through the complexities of cultural and sexual identity. In this film, members of the group talk to Paula Ahluwalia about their experiences.
One of the interviewees is the filmmaker Isaac Julien, then a student at St Martin's School of Art. In 1991 his film Young Soul Rebels (also available on BFI Player) won the critics prize at the Cannes Film Festival.