In 1996, #TheLastAngelofHistory heralded the dawning of the new digital age. Today at #NoDirectFlightLDN along with a screening, audiences are invited to investigate how the internet is used as an instrument for languages to develop across a global filmmaking community. ✨
Is there a lineage of diaspora aesthetics? Is memetic culture affecting production, and is the internet now a much-needed archive for black filmmakers? At @britishfilminstitute today, there will be a live-link to speakers and theorists around the world to talk, debate, share and provocate. Including the incredible @blackstarfest .
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Today at @cineredis !
An inspired and intimate portrait of a place and its people, @halecountydoc looks at the lives of Daniel Collins and Quincy Bryant, two young African American men from rural Hale County, Alabama, over the course of 5 years. In his directorial debut, award-winning photographer and director @ramellross offers a refreshingly direct approach to documentary.
#CineRedis #CineRedis19
Look out for this at @CineRedis ! The idiosyncratic work of Nigerien filmmaker Moustapha Alassane (1942–2015). A pioneer of populist cinema in newly independent Niger in the '60s - '70s, Alassane parodied colonialist attitudes toward Black Africans, corrupt despotism of local officials, & shallow materialism of the country's youth in a series of animated, fictional, & ethnographic films.. With intro by the superb @iashent & Ehsan Khoshbakht
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#CineRedis #CineRedis19
Maureen Blackwood’s work looks at the rich yet largely untold stories of Black British women within a shared political heritage of struggle. Her work forms an impressive collection of post-colonial observations. Rare #16mm and #35mm screenings of her work this weekend at @CineRedis . Link in bio.
#cineredis #cineredis19 #MaureenBlackwood
Originally intended as a short film, 7 and 1/2 yrs in the making, what emerges in #HoopDreams is a candid exploration of our society’s tendency to exploit young athletes by making promises of fame & fortune that rarely come to pass. Twenty five years after its premiere at the 1994 @sundanceorg Film Festival, this revelatory film continues to inspire, and is widely considered one of the great works of American non-fiction cinema.
Don't miss the UK premiere at @cineredis this weekend. ✨
Recent digital restoration c/o @sundanceorg Institute, @uclaftvarchive , @theacademy Film Archive and @kartemquin Films. Digitally remastered at Modern VideoFilm with sound restoration by Audio Mechanics, this version allows you to see the film as conceived by its filmmakers. After its premiere at Cinema Rediscovered, Hoop Dreams opens in UK cinemas 25 October c/o Violet Pictures.
Rudeboy: The Story of Trojan Records + Q&A
Screening tonight at 18:00, #WatershedCinema. This is a documentary about the love affair between Jamaican and British youth culture told through the prism of one of the most iconic labels in the history of black music, @trojan_records_official .
The film's cast of legendary artists, including Lee “Scratch” Perry, Toots Hibbert, Ken Boothe, Neville Staple, Marcia Griffiths, Dave Barker, Dandy Livingstone, Lloyd Coxsone, Pauline Black, Derrick Morgan and more, bringing the sounds, stars and stories to life.
Winner of @docnrollfilms ' Best Music Documentary 2018.
Rare opportunity!
Director's Q&A with Mahamat-Saleh Haroun on Thur 13 Jun. His film "A Season in France" about a college professor and father of two, seeking asylum after fleeing the civil war that has raged in the Central African Republic since 2013, screens at Watershed Cinema.
#ASeasonInFrance #MahamatSalehHaroun
Not long to go now! @cables_cameras 'The Conversation' event is this Saturday 8th June at @cubemicroplex !
Includes mentoring, workshops, keynote speakers & will conclude with a screening of short films. Get access to seasoned professionals who can share advice on operating in the #film industry.
#CablesandCameras
Listening to The Queen in Dolby surround is something else. Last few screenings of @amazinggracemov at Watershed. Don't miss this revelation.
#AmazingGrace #ArethaFranklin
Last few days to catch the incredible @amazinggracemov shot over two nights in January 1972 at the New Temple Missionary Baptist Church in Los Angeles. It shows a then 30-year-old @arethasings perform a gospel concert. The resulting album, Amazing Grace, sold more than 2m copies in the US and remains the highest selling live gospel album of all time, as well as one of Franklin’s bestselling albums.
Almost 50 years after technical issues scuppered its original release, Sydney Pollack’s concert film finally makes it to the big screen, and is already being hailed as one of the finest music documentaries ever made.
This extraordinary document of a truly remarkable figure in American music lets you witness Aretha Franklin as you've never seen her before. Nothing short of a revelation, soaring from one chill-inducing moment to another, this soul shaking, transcendent film captures the energy of Aretha’s performance in a way that is nothing short of electrifying.
Last few days to catch the extraordinary @barbershopchroniclesplay by @inuaellams at @bristololdvic1766 . Encapsulates diaspora, familial (and other) ties that bind, truly moving performances and much more! Directed by @olivierawards -winning director #BijanSheibani. Don't miss!
#barbershopchronicles
Applications open for a ONE DAY SCRIPT DEVELOPMENT WORKSHOP with script expert/consultant Selina Ukwuoma. The day looks at the importance of story, character and developing your own unique writer’s voice. Early draft stages accepted. **DEADLINE: May 7th**
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