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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)
Moving Image Item Type Metadata
Duration
8:30 mins
Director
Files
Citation
“The Attendant,” VHS Activism Archive , accessed July 13, 2025, https://activismvhs.omeka.net/items/show/729.
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