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Identification

201730mMovieDocumentary

Shot in the murk and fog of a breakdown. Friends jam, a body lies on the ground, James Baldwin visits his father for the last time. Inspired by Black Lives Matter. Remembering Charlie 'Africa' Keunang. (Mike Hoolboom)

DirectorMike Hoolboom
ProducerMike Hoolboom

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Cast · Directed by Mike Hoolboom

EA
Elliott Adogony
DB
Dexter Lieberthal Brazier
NA
Nicola Alexis-Brooks
JF
James Fagan
JL
Jahnoy Lindsay
SM
Sariah Metcalfe
SM
Shakeem Masoni-Pascoe
IS
Ian Siporin
CW
Christopher Washington
JW
Jeffrey Wray

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