Sapphire and the Slave Girl
Film duration:
18
Year:
1995
Countries:
United States of America
Original format:
SD video
Available formats:
SD digital file
Colour:
Black and white
Loosely based on the 1950s British detective film ‘Sapphire’, in which two Scotland Yard detectives investigate the murder of a young woman who is passing for white, ‘Sapphire and the Slave Girl’ examines the determinants of Sapphire's murder investigation through its cinematic representation. Referencing everyone from Marlowe to Shaft, ‘Sapphire and the Slave Girl’ situates its analysis in the persona of the hard-boiled detective in order to highlight transgressions of identity and location. Featuring a multifarious cast of identity-shifting Sapphires, this fast-paced genre-bash visualizes and problematizes how identity is negotiated and performed within urban spaces.
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