"Understand that sexuality is as wide as the sea. Understand that your morality is not law. Understand that we are you"⁠ The British artist, filmmaker and activist, Derek Jarman - photographed here by kcmanc, circa 1986.⁠ Employing both mainstream and experimental narrative and form, his cinema referenced a diverse swathe of cultural and political history, from Ancient Rome to punk, the Renaissance to Thatcherism. ⁠ Jarman's 1986 work, War Requiem - featuring Laurence Olivier in his last screen performance - was an adaptation of composer Benjamin Britten's piece of the same name, while he also directed music videos for the likes of The Smiths and the Pet Shop Boys.⁠ A gay rights activist, he was a high-profile campaigner against Section 28 - the British legislation banning the "promotion" of homosexuality in education - and raised awareness of AIDS.⁠ Diagnosed HIV positive in 1986, AIDS-related complications left him partially blind towards the end of his life, only able to see in sha...