The Black Atlantic Cinema Club

For those unfamiliar with the Black Atlantic Cinema Club, its objective is to bring important historical films or new work not available from UK distributors to our screens, inviting audiences to explore the idea of the ‘Black Atlantic’ – a multi-dimensional and transcultural space that isn’t necessarily fixed by ethnicity or nationality.

Previously in this season

BaddDDD: Sonia Sanchez

BaddDDD is an intimate and revealing portrait of the poet and educator Sonia Sanchez. Amongst other events it recalls her days as a Black Panther…

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still/here

A dreamlike cine-poem on socio-spatial transformation and memory, still/here by Christopher Harris. Harris’s love of cinema shines through his stylish and thought-provoking film, as he…

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Dutchman

Saturated in the uncomfortable language of ‘fear’ and ‘desire’ this rarely seen two-hander still has the power to shock. Despite it being his directorial debut,…

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Ganja & Hess

The only American film selected for Critics Week at Cannes in 1973, Ganja & Hess is a genuine one-off. Made at a time when Blaxploitation…

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