"Isaac Julien’s monumental and immersive five-channel video installation Lessons of the Hour is an evocative portrait of abolitionist, orator and aesthetic philosopher Frederick Douglass. A spoken monologue carries across the 28-minute narrative, with passages primarily excerpted by Julien from three of Douglass’ most famous speeches."
Smithsonian Magazine Online https://www.smithsonianmag.com/blogs/smithsonian-american-art-museum/2025/02/28/a-meditation-on-the-legacy-of-frederick-douglass-by-artist-and-filmmaker-isaac-julien/ #BlackHistory