Posted @withrepost • @galeriahelgadealvear #OnView at Academy Museum, Los Angeles⁣ "Isaac Julien: Baltimore"⁣ Until 9.4.2023⁣ ⁣ Presented in conjunction with Regeneration: Black Cinema 1898-1971 is Isaac Julien’s Baltimore, a three-channel installation that will be located in the Academy Museum’s Warner Brothers Gallery.⁣ ⁣ Julien’s film is an homage to writer, director, producer, and actor Melvin Van Peebles (1932–2021), whose 1971 film Sweet Sweetback’s Baadasssss Song ushered in the “blaxploitation” era, a genre of low-budget films created for African American audiences during the 1970s.⁣ ⁣ Image: @isaacjulien⁣ -⁣ ⁣ #HelgadeAlvear #artist⁣ #isaacjulien #baltimore #melivinvanpeebles #blaxploitation #film