Films : Go West Young Man : all
animate! synopsis
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.
long synopsis
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.
key 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
Keith Piper
a film by Keith Piper
direction
- director
- Keith Piper
voice-over
- father's voice
- Hayden Forde
- son's Voice
- Wilbert Johnson
image personnel
- animator
- Keith Piper
sound personnel
- music
- Derek Richards
- sound designer
- Derek Richards
production personnel
- producer
- Janice Cheddie
support
- primary funding
Arts Council of England/Channel Four Animate! award
© Keith Piper 1996
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technical
process summary
Created on an Amiga home computer.
master copy format
- format
- BetaSP
- colour or black & white
- colour
video distribution format
- video format
- BetaSP
- screen aspect ratio
- 4:3
- video standard
- PAL
- sound type
- stereo
distributor
LUX
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