The Underground Cinema is now open!
On show first is director Kahlil Joseph’s critically acclaimed feature film @BLKNWS : Terms & Conditions. This special theatrical residency at @180.Studios , conceived in collaboration with @RichSpiritFilms , also includes the chance to see the BLKNWS video installation, originally co-commissioned by 180 Studios, alongside the feature film.
The Underground Cinema is a newly adapted space where we celebrate the medium of film in all its many forms: from feature length movies to music documentaries, new artist commissions to unexpected creative collaborations.
Tickets available via the link in bio.
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@180.Studios launches The Underground Cinema, a newly adapted immersive space showcasing the most exciting film and moving image experiences, from feature movies and music docs to artist commissions and fresh creative collaborations.
Opening the programme is the mind-blowing, critically-acclaimed BLKNWS: Terms & Conditions by Kahlil Joseph, presented with @RichSpiritFilms . Adapted from his video art installation, the film was originally co-commissioned by @180.Studios and shown as part of our exhibition The Vinyl Factory: Reverb in 2024. An innovative cinematic experience that mirrors the sonic textures of an album or a mixtape, @BLKNWS : Terms & Conditions weaves fiction and history on an audiovisual journey that maps a vision for black consciousness.
The Underground Cinema - a new home for bold cinematic work and shared viewing experiences!
BLKNWS: Terms & Conditions screening 27 February - 27 March
Tickets available via the link in bio.
“BLKNWS: Terms & Conditions” gets a 12-city theatrical release on November 28, 2025. The date ties the film’s release to global conversations about media, capitalism, and the Black archive amid renewed conversations about erasure, representation, and the rollback of civil rights,” per the official Rich Spirit press release. “BLKNWS on BLKFRDY arrives in theaters as both a cinematic and cultural event for audiences in targeted markets, aiming to subvert a day of commercial excess into a moment of Black collective reflection and cultural circulation. BLKNWS sells perspective.” The 12 cities for theatrical release were chosen because they trace “a constellation of Black cultural capitals across the U.S., Canada, and Europe,” and include Los Angeles, Chicago, San Francisco, Atlanta, Washington DC, Houston, Philadelphia, Detroit, New York, Toronto, London, and Paris.
IndieWire exclusively shares the theatrical release date for “BLKNWS: Terms & Conditions,” the long-awaited debut feature from artist and filmmaker Kahlil Joseph.
Opening Black Friday, November 28 and distributed by Rich Spirit, “BLKNWS” will roll out across twelve cities in the U.S., Canada, and Europe, transforming “a day of commercial excess into a moment of Black collective reflection and cultural circulation.”
The film premiered at Sundance this year and expands Joseph’s acclaimed video installation into a visually electric, genre-blurring meditation on media, history, and the Black imagination, featuring contributions from artists, journalists, and thinkers across the diaspora.
Check out a new clip from the film here, and head to the link in bio for full details around the release, including all the cities where you can catch a screening.
#InFocus: Kahlil Joseph, Onye Anyanwu, and Kaneza Schaal sit to discuss BLKNWS: Terms & Conditions with NYFF Artistic Director Dennis Lim at the 63rd New York Film Festival.
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London! 🇬🇧
BLKNWS is coming to town this weekend for the London Film Festival — premiering the film and grabbing a pint (with some Indian food, of course). So many of the folks who helped bring this film to life will be there. We’d love to see you 🤳🏾
Slide 1: Poster by our very own @gyimahg
Slide 2: screening info
Slide 3: the film’s composer, London’s very own Klein
Slide 4: BLKNWS mid flight to London
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“THE ENCYCLOPEDIA”
The first single from Kahlil Joseph’s debut feature film, BLKNWS: Terms & Conditions.
In theaters this November.
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