Isaac Julien: Lessons of the Hour – Frederick Douglass

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Author: Julien, IsaacThis sumptuously illustrated artist's book and reader documents Lessons of the Hour, the ten-screen film installation and series of related photographic artwor ks by Isaac Julien, which honour the public and private life of one the most important figures in US history: Frederick Douglass. This volume takes the reader on a journey through Douglass’ life and thinking, and is a vital consideration of his political and aesthetic legacy.The visionary African American orator, philosopher, intellectual and self-liberated freedom fighter was born into slavery in Maryland and went on to develop a remarkable aesthetic theory through his thinking and writing on abolitionism and Black self-representation through the apparatus of photography.ISBN 9781636810393. DelMonico Books/MAG/Tang/Isaac Julien Studio. hb. 272 pages. 166 colour, 15 b/w ills. 30 x 24 cm.available Show more