Territories (1984) Isaac Julien

An experimental documentary about black culture. Critiques the ways traditional media represent black people and portrays the Notting Hill Carnival as an event about resistance. Isaac Julien’s Territories uses experimental forms to look at life in Britain in 1984, focusing on the experience of the Black British. The film recognises that the different power dynamics that determine this experience are difficult to reduce to straightforward explanations and instead uses the term ’territories’ to reflect the multiple agendas and experiences at work. These agendas - or ’territories’ - involve race, class and sexuality. Cast: Maureen Blackwood, Andrea Julien, Kevin Graal, Nadine Marsh-Edwards, Antonia Thomas (Voices Off-Screen); Colin Newman, Bertram, Bruno, Pedro, Peoples War Sound System (Players)