Legendary activist Professor Patrick Vernon reflects on how to protect Black history media in a time of increasing right-wing activity Recognising 60 years since the first ever Race Relations Act of 1965 Professor Patrick Vernon OBE is responsible for: 100

Esther Anderson’s films cover Marley, Haitian Revolution, 3 Musketeers and more. We screen two of them + intensive Q&A with the 82 year old Esther Anderson Day: Recognising 60 years since the first event Race Relations Act 1965 Watch trailer

In depth talk and two short films on the topic as linked to the work of Octavia Butler and recent Hollywood/African/Brazilian blockbusters What is Afro-futurism and how does it link to recent blockbuster films with superheroes ? This presentation by

70s superstar Belafonte used his fame/money to fight for equality; US Civil Rights, anti-apartheid to Black Lives Matter this is his story Watch trailer HERE “This is an absolutely phenomenal film … let us give a big hand for all

60 years since the first Race Relations law we review Kung fu films and their impact on self-defence against violent racists of the 1970/80s An African Odysseys presentation: 60 years of Civil Rights The 1970s surge of Kung Fu cinema

Stories of six women aged 78-90. They left their homes in the 50/60s and now tell their extraordinary, true stories of resistance and fun. This an African Odysseys screening Watch Trailer HERE Fearless follows the stories of six women aged

60 Years of Struggle: Black British Civil Rights, a film on education, housing, policing, health, migration and anti-racism since 1965. Plus a deep conversation with legendary academic, activist and octogenerian, Professor Gus John. The film and conversation will cover: His

African Odysseys and They’re watching us present Noella Mingo’s heartwarming feature debut documentary. Watch trailer here https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=J95cgz8gwf0 @Richmix cinema, nearest tube Liverpool Street. Book tickets HERE Fearless follows the stories of six women aged between 78 and 90. As young

Watch trailer HERE Famous the world over, jazz funerals have origins shrouded in mystery. Filmed over twenty-two years, City of a Million Dreams explores race relations at a tearing time in American society. Burial traditions train a lens on the

This feature documentary tells the story of George Floyd’s murder, the massive global reaction to it and the backlash that followed. Watch trailer HERE Five years since the murder of George Floyd – the police killing that set America on

African Odysseys in association with Kush films Presents: SINNERS: watch trailer HERE A Deep Bite into The Cultural Significance of This Ground-breaking Phenomenon Trying to leave their troubled lives behind, twin brothers return to their Mississippi hometown to start again,

Film on renowned director Ken Loach and Jeremy Corbyn MP as they consider the myths that have been spread about them in mainstream media Bad Patriots plus Q&A with director Victor Fraga Watch teaser here HERE Mainstream media bestowed some

Watch trailer HERE an African Odysseys screening “Reclaiming Cocoa” reveals the layers of the complex chocolate industry, taking viewers from the lush cocoa farms of Ghana to the posh chocolate stores in Switzerland – whose famous chocolate consists mostly of

Secret agents from London go to South Africa to fight for Mandela against Apartheid, risking life and limb in the fight for racial equality Watch trailer here https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cKcW12xH7pA&t=72s A special screening of the documentary “London Recruits” and a live Q&A

How the USA used Black American music and stars to undermine African independence in the 1960s. Soundtrack to Coup d’etat plus Q&A. Watch trailer here United Nations, 1960: the Global South ignites a political earthquake, jazz musicians Abbey Lincoln and

The British Film Institute (BFI) plans a redundancy that would end the 17-year-old African Odysseys programme. Sign the petition to save it HERE African Odysseys was set up in 2007 by Black community activists who were already showing films at

Watch trailer here https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_RwLdIiZk_8 This maybe the final African Odysseys film if cuts go ahead, tickets from www.bfi.org.uk United Nations, 1960: the Global South ignites a political earthquake, jazz musicians Abbey Lincoln and Max Roach crash the Security Council, Nikita

Mugabe and Me+ Q&A with director-producer Roy Agyemang and executive producer Andy Mundy-Castle An intimate documentary portrait of former Zimbabwean president Robert Mugabe in his later years.Courtesy of BBC Africa Over a ten-year period, British-born Ghanaian filmmaker Roy Agyemang gained

African Odysseys presents ’Round Midnight’ + discussion with writers Gary Younge and Caryl Phillips A dramatic re-creation of the Black American migrant community in post-war Paris jazz clubs, starring legendary saxophonist Dexter Gordon.Director Bertrand Tavernier France 1986. 133min. Total running

Please sign the petition to Save 17 years of Black film Tear This Building Down: James Baldwin on film In 1976, James Baldwin published a book-length essay, The Devil Finds Work, in which he explored his relationship to film. It’s

African Odysseys Claude McKay, from Harlem to Marseille + intro and panel discussion (guests tbc) hosted by actor-director Burt Caesar. A discussion of this rebellious figure, a poet and novelist, from the Harlem Renaissance. Director Matthieu Verdeil, France 2021. 80mins