A Different Image

A Different Image is a 1982 film directed, written, and edited by Alile Sharon Larkin that explores body image and societal beauty standards through the eyes of a young Black woman on a journey towards self-worth.

A Different Image
Directed byAlile Sharon Larkin
Produced byAlile Sharon Larkin
Women Make Movies
Written byAlile Sharon Larkin
StarringMargot Saxton-Federella
Adisa Anderson
CinematographyCharles Burnett
Edited byAlile Sharon Larkin
Charles Burnett
Release date
1982
Running time
52 min.
CountryUnited States
LanguageEnglish

Summary

Alana (Margot Saxton-Federlla), an art student, explores sexuality, Western ideals of beauty, and her own self-worth in 1980's Los Angeles.[1] Vincent (Adisa Anderson), her long-time friend, feels pressure to turn their platonic relationship into a sexual one which further sparks Alana's frustration with western, patriarchal beauty standards and gender norms.[2]

Cast

Production

Creating a Different Image: Portrait of Alile Sharon Larkin is a 1989 documentary about the making of A Different Image[3]

Reception

The film is considered as a groundbreaking foray into a realistic character portrait of a young Black woman. Kevin Thomas of the Los Angeles Times heralded it as "...extraordinary, a fresh and clear expression of an acute sensibility.[4]"

Awards and Recognition
  • First Prize, Black American Cinema Society Award
  • Official Selection, London Black Film Festival
  • Best Production of 1981, Black Filmmaker Foundation
  • Runner up, Best Short Film, Filmex[5]
  • Official Selection, the 2011 L. A. Rebellion: Creating New Cinema[6]

Screenings

Preservation

The Black Film Center/Archive preserved A Different Image, which included 16mm original color reversal A/B rolls and full-coat magnetic track elements. They produced a 16mm color internegative, a soundtrack negative, and two new 16mm projection prints.[11]

The script of the film was published in a 1991 compilation of collected works called Screenplays of the African American Experience.

See also

References
  1. Mumin, Nijla. ""A Different Image": Alile Sharon Larkin Retrospective (L.A. Rebellion Film Series) | IndieWire". www.indiewire.com.
  2. Field, Allyson (2015). L.A. Rebellion: Creating a New Black Cinema. Univ of California Press. ISBN 9780520960435.
  3. "Creating a Different Image: Portrait of Alile Sharon Larkin | UCLA Film & Television Archive". www.cinema.ucla.edu.
  4. "WOMEN MAKE MOVIES | A Different Image". www.wmm.com.
  5. "SPLA | Alile Sharon Larkin". www.spla.pro.
  6. "Movie: A Different Image – Sembene Film Festival". www.sembenefilmfestival.org.
  7. ""A Different Image": Alile Sharon Larkin Retrospective (L.A. Rebellion Film Series)". shadowandact.com.
  8. "Madeline Anderson Shorts". BAM.org.
  9. "Afterimage: Madeline Anderson | BAMPFA". bampfa.org.
  10. "One Way or Another: Black Women's Cinema, 1970-1991". BAM.org.
  11. "Alile Sharon Larkin | Black Film Center/Archive". blackfilmcenterarchive.wordpress.com.
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