L.A. Christmas
Experimental
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12m
Directed by Kip Fulbeck | 13 mins | 1996
In this short, a conversation between the California-born artist and his Cantonese-American mother overlays fuzzy, black-and-white footage—shot on PixelVision—of the family Christmas celebration. Here as in his photography, spoken word, and writing, Fulbeck works to deconstruct multiracial identity with a mix of precision, head-on honesty, and cutting humor.
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