Sir Isaac Julien was born in London’s East End to parents who had migrated from St. Lucia. Growing up in the 1960s and 70s, he kept his Caribbean roots close. In 1980, Julien started the Sankpofa Film and Video Collective, describing it as “dedicated to developing an independent black film culture in the areas of production, exhibition, and audience.” Since then, he has made this dream a reality. The Tate now presents the first large-scale U.K. retrospective of Julien’s lyrical installations, works dating from the early 1980s to the present day. —Elena Clavarino