# animate! › Films › Go West Young Man by Keith Piper › synopses

Canonical: https://animate.org.uk/films/gowestyoungman/synopses

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

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Archive status: restored in 2026; historical calls, deadlines and services are closed.

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

1996, 3 min 43 sec

### 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.

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