Sapphire and the Slave Girl

本片取材自1950年代的英国侦探片《蓝宝石》，讲述两名苏格兰场警探调查一名伪装成白人的年轻女子被害案件的故事。《蓝宝石与女奴》从硬汉侦探的形象出发，呼应了从马洛到沙夫特等一系列经典侦探角色，以此展开对跨越身份与空间界限的分析。本片呈现了一众身份流动、形象多元的“蓝宝石”角色，通过快节奏、跨类型的叙事手法，展现并反思身份在城市空间中被争夺与表演的过程。 

This film is loosely based on the 1950’s British detective film Sapphire, in which two Scotland Yard detectives investigate the murder of a young woman who is passing for white. Referencing everyone from Marlowe to Shaft, Sapphire and the Slave Girl situates its analysis in the persona of the hard-boiled detective in order to highlight transgressions of identity and location. Featuring a multifarious cast of identity-shifting Sapphires, this fast paced genre-bash visualizes and problematizes how identity is negotiated and performed within urban spaces. 

导演：L.富兰克林·吉列姆
编剧：L.富兰克林·吉列姆
主演：尼基·戴维斯、克莱尔·多兰、谢里尔·唐宁、玛丽亚·希门尼斯、贝尔尼·韦伯、伊丽莎白·埃克福德、梅利萨·吉列姆、斯蒂芬妮·吉列姆
制片人：L.富兰克林·吉列姆
摄影：L.富兰克林·吉列姆、柯尔斯滕·施托尔特曼
类型：剧情短片
对白语言：英语
制作方：L.富兰克林·吉列姆

Director: L. Franklin Gilliam
Screenwriter: L. Franklin Gilliam
Cast: Nikki Davis, Clare Dolan, Cheryl Downing, Maria Jimenez, Berni Weber, Elisabeth Eckford, Melissa Gilliam, Stephanie Gilliam
Producer: L. Franklin Gilliam
Cinematographer: L. Franklin Gilliam, Kirsten Stoltmann
Genre: Narrative Short Film
Language: English
Production Company: L. Franklin Gilliam

L.富兰克林·吉列姆作为艺术家、教育者与战略设计师的多重经历，使其开辟出独特的职业道路，以探索艺术、科技与网络创新的未来。 

L.富兰克林·吉列姆的创作实践以研究为基础，跨越多重领域。吉列姆的作品形式涵盖电影与影像艺术、装置、游戏互动以及视觉化讲座等多种媒介。通过对新旧技术的巧妙并置，吉列姆打破了既有的身份、时间性与类型范畴。吉列姆的作品在国际范围内广泛放映与展出，其中包括：1997年惠特尼双年展（《蓝宝石与女奴》），Thread Waxing Space画廊（《Apeshit v3》），新当代艺术博物馆（《景观方案》 

），伦敦电影节（《现在，假装》），纽约大学游戏研究中心“No Quarter”展（《女同性恋解放》），非裔未来主义研究中心（《致路德们的召唤》），以及纽约The Kitchen艺术中心展览《语码切换：黑人身份的分布与网络艺术的再编程》（《种族牌/愤怒牌》）等。 

吉列姆拥有纽约大学交互电子通讯硕士学位、威斯康星大学密尔沃基分校电影艺术硕士学位，以及布朗大学现代文化与媒体学士学位。 

吉列姆现任兰本基金会（Lambent Foundation）战略与设计高级主管，同时担任萨姆·吉利安基金会（Sam Gilliam Foundation）的战略顾问，并曾任Out in Tech董事会成员。2026年，吉列姆的作品将参展由伯克利艺术博物馆和太平洋电影资料馆主办的展览《特蕾莎·车学京：多重奉献》。 

L. Franklin Gilliam’s combined experiences as an artist, educator, and strategic designer have led to a unique career prototyping the future of art, technology, and networked innovation. 

Gilliam’s creative practice is research-based and multidisciplinary. It has taken the form of film/video art, installation, game events, and illustrated lectures. Gilliam’s approach destabilizes categories of identity, temporality, and genre through the wry juxtaposition of new and obsolete technologies. Gilliam’s projects have been screened and presented widely, including at the 1997 Whitney Biennial (Sapphire and the Slave Girl), Thread Waxing Space Gallery (Apeshit v3),the New Museum (Agenda for a Landscape), the London Film Festival (Now Pretend), New York University Game Center’s “No Quarter,” (Lesberation), the Center for Afrofuturist Studies (Open Call for Luthers) and The Kitchen’s “CodeSwitch: Distributing Blackness, Reprogramming Internet Art” (Race Card/Rage Card). 

Gilliam holds a master’s degree in Interactive Telecommunications from New York University, an MFA in Film from the University of Wisconsin at Milwaukee, and a BA in Modern Culture and Media from Brown University. 

Gilliam is the Senior Strategy and Design Officer at Lambent Foundation, a strategic adviser to the Sam Gilliam Foundation, and a former board member at Out in Tech. In 2026, Gilliam’s work will appear in Theresa Hak Kyung Cha: Multiple Offerings, organized by the Berkeley Art Museum and Pacific Film Archive. 

L.富兰克林·吉列姆（they/them）相信，在一个支离破碎的世界中，艺术家的想象力与创造力对于推动系统性的变革极其重要。作为艺术家、教育者、思想领袖与战略策划者，吉列姆的多重经验开创出一条独特的职业道路，致力于塑造艺术、设计与学习的未来。

L. Franklin Gilliam (they/them) believes that, in a broken world, the vision and creativity of artists are critical to transformative systems change. Gilliam’s combined experiences as an artist, educator, thought leader, and strategist have led to a unique career defining the future of art, design, and learning.