Genre: Film, TV & Radio
Theatrical Release: 06/16/2008(USA
Release Date: 09/02/2008
Dubbed: English
Sound: DD2
Run Time: 76 Minutes
Distributor/Studio: Kino

Actress Tilda Swinton collaborates with director Isaac Julien on this richly textured tribute to the late British filmmaker Derek Jarman. In 2002, Swinton penned the text entitled "Letter to an Angel" in memory of her deceased friend and collaborator. In this film, that elegiac piece of writing is carefully woven with a previously unseen interview with Jarman to create a highly original biography that doesn't rely on talking-head interviews but instead a dreamlike flow of images and observations. Jarman's old family films flicker across the screen as his parents recount his early life and adolescence, and excerpts from the director's films offer insight into the passion of an artist who flouted convention to create a truly unique body of work.

~ Jason Buchanan, All Movie Guide

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Cast:
Derek Jarman -
Tilda Swinton - Narrator

Production:
Isaac Julien - Director
Tilda Swinton Isaac Julien Colin MacCabe Eliza Mellor - Producer
Simon Fisher Turner - Composer
Adam Finch - Editor
Tilda Swinton - Screen Writer
Nina Kellgren - Cinematographer
Isaac Julien - Executive Producer
James Mackay - Executive Producer

2008 AFI Dallas International Film Festival

2008 Sundance Film Festival

2008 Philadelphia International Gay and Lesb

2008 Melbourne International Film Festival

2008 Seattle International Film Festival

2008 San Francisco International LGBT Film F

2008 Berlin International Film Festival