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The Passion of Remembrance |
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Produced by the Sankofa Black Workshop, a film cooperative formed in 1983 by black, feminist, and gay filmmakers, The Passion of Remembrance is a work about racism, sexism, homosexuality, and the generation gap, and their effects on a black British family. The film has two story lines: one features a black man and woman in a desert landscape, discussing the plight of blacks in the U.K. He is aggressive, she shows restraint. The second shows life for the Baptiste family through its personal histories from the `50s to the `80s. Issues of race and sexuality arise, fragments of identities surface and suggest the diversity of a black family's experience in Britain. Writer/directors Maureen Blackwood and Isaac Julien also use footage from the inner-city riots that swept Britain in 1981 and shots of gay demonstrations to portray the government's harsh attitude toward its minorities. Although its scope exceeds its technical expertise, The Passion of Remembrance reflects a new generation of filmmakers' response to social issues, and has been praised for directing itself mainly to Britain's black community rather than preaching at whites.
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