A prequel to Tom Joslin’s Silverlake Life: The View from Here, “in this experimental, self-ethnographic documentary, Tom Joslin (1946–1990) blends breathtaking, moving snapshots from the natural world, filmic cultural touchstones, and cutting (pseudo) cinema verité to dissect and reassemble his gay identity despite constant warnings to stay in the closet. In Blackstar perhaps more than any of his other films, he unflinchingly captures casual devastation, meditations on premature loss, and his own determination to stop lying—actions that serve as reminders to reach for personal and political self-love at every turn.”