Serenade (Lessons of the Hour), 2019
Isaac Julien
Digital print on matte archival paper mounted on aluminum, edition 2 of 6
Los Angeles County Museum of Art, gift of Amar Singh
M.2021.59.1
© Isaac Julien, courtesy the artist and Victoria Miro
Watch: Lessons of the Hour (2019) – 1 minute, 27 seconds
Isaac Julien, “Lessons of the Hour” (2019) - Trailer
Isaac Julien's Serenade (Lessons of the Hour) is a meditation on the life of Frederick Douglass, a visionary African American writer and abolitionist who escaped slavery and became the most photographed American of the 19th century.
View a trailer of the film, which includes excerpts of Douglass's most arresting speeches and allusions to both his private life and public persona.
Isaac Julien, trailer to Lessons of the Hour, 2019, © Isaac Julien, courtesy the artist and Victoria Miro