Blackstar: Autobiography of a Close Friend
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Date: January 01, 1977 to December 31, 1977
Dates Note: 1977
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United States
Place of Origin: United States
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Color: Color
Silent: No
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New 4K restoration by IndieCollect and the UCLA Film & Television Archive with funding provided by The Andy Warhol Foundation of the Visual Arts and IndieCollect Donors Circle
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Pioneers of Queer CinemaDescription:
A prequel to Tom Joslin’s Silverlake Life: The View from Here, “in this experimental, self-ethnographic documentary, Tom Joslin (1946–1990) blends breathtaking, moving snapshots from the natural world, filmic cultural touchstones, and cutting (pseudo) cinema verité to dissect and reassemble his gay identity despite constant warnings to stay in the closet. In Blackstar perhaps more than any of his other films, he unflinchingly captures casual devastation, meditations on premature loss, and his own determination to stop lying—actions that serve as reminders to reach for personal and political self-love at every turn.”
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