The Attendant

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Title

The Attendant

Subject

queer, experimental, AIDS, black, sexuality

Description

Gift from filmmaker. "Isaac is a friend and colleague. His work on AIDS and black queer representation has been formative to my own production and thinking. I taught this. The poster from the film was used as set decor in The Watermelon Woman." [as reported by Alex Juhasz to archivist, Brianna Jones]

Date

1993

Abstract

Memory mixes with desire as a museum attendant is caught up in sado-masochistic fantasies inspired by a 19th century painting of slaves in chains called Scene on the coast of Africa. The man remembers his past as a singer and delivers Dido's lament from Purcell's opera. (IMDB)

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Duration

8:30 mins

Director

Isaac Julien

URL

Watch on UbuWeb
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Files

Citation

“The Attendant,” VHS Activism Archive , accessed March 14, 2026, https://activismvhs.omeka.net/items/show/729.

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