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Sapphire and the slave girl : a video
Title
Sapphire and the slave girl : a video / by Leah Gilliam.
Published
New York, NY : Third World Newsreel, [20--?], ©1995.
Physical Description
1 videodisc (18 min.) : sound, black and white ; 4 3/4 in.
Notes
Camera, Leah Gilliam & Kirsten Stoltmann ; music, Sharon Lerner.
Summary
This experimental film is loosely based on the 1950's British detective film Sapphire, in which two Scotland Yard detectives investigate the murder of a young woman who is passing for white. Referencing everyone from Marlowe to Shaft, Sapphire and the slave girl situates its analysis in the persona of the hard-boiled detective in order to highlight transgressions of identity and location. Featuring a multifarious cast of identity-shifting Sapphires, this fast-paced genre-bash problematizes how identity is negotiated and performed within the urban sphere.
Variant and related titles
Sapphire & the slave girl
Sapphire (Motion picture)
Format
Images / Video & Film
Language
English
Added to Catalog
December 19, 2017
Credits
Camera, Leah Gilliam & Kirsten Stoltmann ; music, Sharon Lerner.
System details note
DVD.
Subjects
Genre/Form
Experimental films.
Short films.
Experimental films.
Short films.
Also listed under
Newsreel (Firm)
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