1992 | United States | Short

Now Pretend

  • English - 10 mins
  • Director | Leah Franklin Gilliam
  • Writer | Leah Franklin Gilliam
  • Producer | -

STATUS: Released

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An experimental investigation into the use of race as an arbitrary signifier. Drawing upon language, personal memories and the 1959 text, Black Like Me, it deals with Lacan’s “mirror state” theories of beauty and the movement from object to subject.

Race Identity Memory Language Beauty Subjectivity Lacan Experiment Signifier Reflection
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