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James Spooner is an American tattoo artist and graphic novelist from New York City, living in Los Angeles. He is best known for his seminal documentary film Afro-Punk (2003), exploring the African American experience in the punk and alternative music scene, and for co-creating the Afropunk Festival in Brooklyn, New York. His first graphic novel, entitled "The High Desert," was released in May 2022. It chronicles Spooner's discovering punk as a teen in the 1980s.He is co-curating a second book entitled "Black Punk Now: A Punk Anthology," set to release in 2023.

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  • James Spooner es el director de cine de , un documental que versa sobre la identidad racial en el . Ha producido su película en Nueva York, sin contar con formación previal alguna (tenía estudios de escultura en la universidad). Comp parte de la cultura "hazlo por ti mismo", proyectó su película por todo el país como si de tratara de un grupo de rock, exhibiéndola en todas las salas posibles con lo que rápidamente reunió seguidores de culto, principalmente entre minorías dentro del punk en torno a un en su página web: afropunk.com. Del mismo modo presentó otra película titulada "White Lies Black Sheep" (Mentiras Piadosas, Ovejas Negras), que sería más bien una versión dramatizada del mismo concepto. Se estrenó en el Festival Internacional de Toronto y está en el circuito del festival en estos momentos. Nació en el Caribe en el país de Santa Lucía, pero creció en Estados Unidos en ambas costas con su padre de color y su madre blanca. Durante toda su vida fromó parte de la predominante eurocéntrica escena del punk,pero siempre se consideró de color a pesar de ser el único hijo mestizo en su familia y de que sus hermanos le llamasen "el hermano blanco". Tras visitar su país natal, Santa Lucía nación predominantemente negra, por primera vez desde su infancia,comenzó a reevuluarse culturalmente. Siempre había considereado que las islas eran su hogar y nunca había considerado la posibilidad de que nadie le viese de otra forma que no fuese de color pero se dio cuenta, por primera vez,de que podrían verle como blanco. (es)
  • James Spooner is an American tattoo artist and graphic novelist from New York City, living in Los Angeles. He is best known for his seminal documentary film Afro-Punk (2003), exploring the African American experience in the punk and alternative music scene, and for co-creating the Afropunk Festival in Brooklyn, New York. After Afro-Punk's release, Spooner curated the Liberation Sessions concert series which promoted black artistry via music and film, and then subsequently co-founded the annual Afropunk Festival in Brooklyn, working with it from 2005 through 2008, and later parting due to philosophical differences with its direction. Spooner later wrote and directed White Lies Black Sheep (2007), a fictional feature set within the punk world that premiered at the Toronto International Film Festival. He also wrote the foreword for the book anthology "White Riot" which examines where race, identity, and punk music intersect. Presently, Spooner is a co-curator for the Broad Museum's Summer Happenings, and contributed to the Broad Museum's three-part documentary series, "Time Decorated: The Musical Influences of Basquiat." Spooner's segment, "Punk and No-Wave," covers Basquiat's participation in downtown New York's art and music scene, and where the punk scene that nurtured Basquiat connects with Spooner's ten years later. His first graphic novel, entitled "The High Desert," was released in May 2022. It chronicles Spooner's discovering punk as a teen in the 1980s.He is co-curating a second book entitled "Black Punk Now: A Punk Anthology," set to release in 2023. (en)
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  • James Spooner is an American tattoo artist and graphic novelist from New York City, living in Los Angeles. He is best known for his seminal documentary film Afro-Punk (2003), exploring the African American experience in the punk and alternative music scene, and for co-creating the Afropunk Festival in Brooklyn, New York. His first graphic novel, entitled "The High Desert," was released in May 2022. It chronicles Spooner's discovering punk as a teen in the 1980s.He is co-curating a second book entitled "Black Punk Now: A Punk Anthology," set to release in 2023. (en)
  • James Spooner es el director de cine de , un documental que versa sobre la identidad racial en el . Ha producido su película en Nueva York, sin contar con formación previal alguna (tenía estudios de escultura en la universidad). Comp parte de la cultura "hazlo por ti mismo", proyectó su película por todo el país como si de tratara de un grupo de rock, exhibiéndola en todas las salas posibles con lo que rápidamente reunió seguidores de culto, principalmente entre minorías dentro del punk en torno a un en su página web: afropunk.com. (es)
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