FILM
Keith Piper
AnimateTV 1996
1996
Duration: 3'43"
Man hands on misery to man. Father and son resist the stereotypes of their race and gender in this personal/historical survey of bias and prejudice. Montage and masculinity meet in an analysis of the Black experience.
Credits
Director Keith Piper
Father's voice Hayden Forde
Son's voice Wilbert Johnson
Animator Keith Piper
Music Derek Richards
Sound Designer Derek Richards
Producer Janice Cheddie
Synopses
Man hands on misery to man. Father and son resist the stereotypes of their race and gender in this personal/historical survey of bias and prejudice. Montage and masculinity meet in an analysis of the Black experience.
Like the subject of their worst fears
and the object of their beast fantasies
Both asset and liability
Like everything to them
but Human…
A Black father and son discuss the way in which popular myths have shaped their everyday experiences. Go West Young Man, created on an Amiga home computer, parallels their dialogue with a montage of historical moments that have influenced Western perceptions of Black masculinity.
Technical information
Created on an Amiga home computer.
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