A Meditation on the Legacy of Frederick Douglass by Artist and Filmmaker Isaac Julien

Sir Isaac Julien’s moving image installation "Lessons of the Hour" interweaves period reenactments across five screens to create a vivid picture of nineteenth-century activist, writer, orator, and philosopher Frederick Douglass.

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Oscar Melara

born San Francisco, CA 1949

Born: San Francisco, California, United States

A screenprint portrait of a man from the nineteenth century

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