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Discovery terms: 1990s animation, computer animation, digital montage, racism, black masculinity, identity, fathers and sons, essay film, filmmaker, artist, curator

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**Go West Young Man** a film by Keith Piper

[Keith Piper](https://www.keithpiper.info)

1996, 3 min 43 sec

![Go West Young Man, still](https://animate.org.uk/stillslarge/gowestyoungman06.jpg)

### animate! synopsis

Man hands on misery to man. Father and son resist the stereotypes of their race and gender in this personal/historical survey of bias and prejudice. Montage and masculinity meet in an analysis of the black experience.

### long synopsis

Like the subject of their worst fears
and the object of their beast fantasies
Both asset and liability
Like everything to them
but Human…

A black father and son discuss the way in which popular myths have shaped their everyday experiences. **Go West Young Man**, created on an Amiga home computer, parallels their dialogue with a montage of historical moments that have influenced Western perceptions of black masculinity.

### key credits

**director**
Keith Piper

**father's voice**
Hayden Forde

**son's Voice**
Wilbert Johnson

**animator**
Keith Piper

**music**
Derek Richards

**sound designer**
Derek Richards

**producer**
Janice Cheddie

### Keith Piper

### a film by Keith Piper

### direction

**director**
Keith Piper

### voice-over

**father's voice**
Hayden Forde

**son's Voice**
Wilbert Johnson

### image personnel

**animator**
Keith Piper

### sound personnel

**music**
Derek Richards

**sound designer**
Derek Richards

### production personnel

**producer**
Janice Cheddie

### support

**primary funding**
Arts Council of England/Channel Four Animate! award

© Keith Piper 1996

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[![Go West Young Man, still](https://animate.org.uk/stillslarge/gowestyoungman06.jpg)](https://animate.org.uk/stillsfull/gowestyoungman06.jpg)

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### technical

#### process summary

Created on an Amiga home computer.

### master copy format

**format**
BetaSP

**colour or black & white**
colour

### video distribution format

**video format**
BetaSP

**screen aspect ratio**
4:3

**video standard**
PAL

**sound type**
stereo

### distributor

LUX
[info@lux.org.uk](mailto:info@lux.org.uk)
+44 (0)20 7503 3980
[www.lux.org.uk](http://www.lux.org.uk/)

**Go West Young Man** film, stills and other materials © Keith Piper 1996