Sunshine State

2022 30 min

Overview

Steve McQueen’s first new artwork since his major commission Year 3 at Tate Britain in 2019, Sunshine State is a two-channel video projection shown on both sides of two screens placed one next to the other. Opening with footage of a burning sun, the work unfolds exploring images from the musical drama The Jazz Singer (1927), starring the famous singer Al Jolson. The film is known as the first "talkie" in the history of cinema that uses synchronised dialogue.

Genres

Documentary

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Spoken Languages

English en

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Cast

Al Jolson

Self (archive footage)

Crew

Steve McQueen

Director

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