Black History Month Film Screenings




Black History Studies Productions will be showing films on various topics on Black History and Black Studies.

Please click on the links below for details of our upcoming film screenings in October:

 

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EGALITE FOR ALL: TOUSSAINT LOVERTURE AND THE HAITIAN REVOLUTION

Friday 1st October 2010 from 7pm

 

 

 

It was the only successful slave insurrection in history. It grasped the full meaning of French revolutionary ideas and used them to create the world’s first black republic. It elevated a former slave, Toussaint Louverture, to such international fame that admirers ranked him on par with George Washington. It was the Haitian Revolution, a movement of admirable aspirations… and appalling destructions. Vaguely remembered today, the Haitian Revolution of 1791- 1804 traumatized planters in the American South and inspired U.S slaves. Egalite for all explores this history through music, voodoo ritual, powerful recreations, and insightful writers and historians.

 
Running time: 60 minutes
Director: Noland Walker 

 

There will be a discussion after the screening.

 

The film screening will take place on Friday 1st October 2010 from 7pm to 9pm at the PCS HEADQUARTERS, 160 Falcon Road, Clapham Junction, London, SW11 2LN. (3 minutes walk from Clapham Junction mainline station. Buses to the venue 35, 37, 39, 49, 77, 87, 156, 170, 219, 239, 319, 337, 334, 345, C3, G1). Nearest Train/Tube Station: Clapham Junction. 

 

Doors open at 6.00pm. The screening will start at 7pm sharp!!! Hot food will be on sale.  

 

There will be an entry fee of £4 per person.

 

In order for us to manage seating and room layout, we would be grateful if all who are attending this event could confirm their attendance in advance. Please confirm via email info@blackhistorystudiesproductions.com  how many of you will be attending this event Please can you also notify any cancellations made after confirmation.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

NAT TURNER: A TROUBLESOME PROPERTY

 

Friday 8th October 2010 from 7pm

 

 

Nat Turner


Nat Turner’s slave rebellion is a watershed event in America’s long and troubled history of slavery and racial conflict. Nat Turner: A Troublesome Property is about the multiple ways in which that moment has been remembered and interpreted by historians, novelists, dramatists and artists.

 

This film evaluates the authenticity of the earliest source, The Confessions of Nat Turner, assembled by white Virginia lawyer from jailhouse interviews. It then follows the history of the controversy over the Nat Turner story. Alvin Poussaint and Ossie Davis recall how Nat Turner became a hero in the Black community. 

 

Running time: 60 minutes 

 

There will be a discussion after the screening.

 

The film screening will take place on Friday 8th October 2010 from 7pm to 9pm at the PCS LEARNING CENTRE (Victoria), 3rd Floor, 231 Vauxhall Bridge Road, London, SW1V 1EH. Nearest Train/Tube Station: Victoria. 

 

Doors open at 6.00pm. The screening will start at 7pm sharp!!! Hot food will be on sale.  

 

There will be an entry fee of £4 per person.

 

In order for us to manage seating and room layout, we would be grateful if all who are attending this event could confirm their attendance in advance. Please confirm via email info@blackhistorystudiesproductions.com  how many of you will be attending this event Please can you also notify any cancellations made after confirmation.

 

 

 

 

 MOTHERLAND- 
a story of a continent and its people

 

 Sunday 10th October 2010


Motherland DVD Cover

 

Motherland (Enat Hager) is a bold, epic journey through Africa with a authentic African voice. Fusing history, culture, politics, and contemporary issues, Motherland sweeps across Africa to tell a new story of a dynamic continent. From the glory and majesty of Africa's past through its complex and present history. Motherland looks unflinchingly toward a positive Pan-African future. With breathtaking cinematography and a fluid soundtrack sculpted by Sona Jobarteh, Motherland is a beautiful illustration of global African diversity and unity. 

 

Motherland is a breathtaking film, which sweeps the continent of Africa. With an all-star cast, it is a vivid cinematic centrepiece washed with an African aesthetic. A bold empowering sophisticated story of Africa, which in progressive dignity reaffirming terms looks at Africa's past, present and future. Motherland is an epic and unprecedented entry into the canon of African-owned cinema, which charts the glory and majesty of the Motherland (Enat Hager).

Motherland is a film that unapologetically calls for African unity, self-determination and the African rebirth.  

 

The film features some of the greatest minds from Africa and the Diaspora; Harry Belafonte , Meles Zenawi, Nicole C. Lee, Gamal Nkrumah, Tony Browder, Musa Njoko, Haki R. Madhubuti, Frances Cress Welsin, Tsedenia Gebremarkos, Hakim Quick, Jacob Zuma, Didymus Mutasa, Dr.Kwadwo Osei-Nyame, Jeff Radebe, Molefi Asante, Maulana Karenga, Kimani Nehusi, Desta Meghoo, Hakim Adi, Esther Stanford, Mohammad Ibn Chambas, Mulugeta Asrate, Amina Salum Ali, Sheik Elias Redman, Adama Samassekou Samia Suluhu Hassan. 

 

From the acclaimed producers of the multi-award winning 500 Years Later.


Motherland is directed by Owen ‘Alik Shahadah and produced by M.K. Asante, Jr. 

 

Running time: 120 minutes
Rating: U 

 

Watch the trailer below:  

 

 

 


For more information, please go to http://www.themotherland.info/   

 

The film screening will take place on Sunday 10th October 2010 from 1pm to 4pm at the PCS LEARNING CENTRE (Victoria), 3rd Floor, 231 Vauxhall Bridge Road, London, SW1V 1EH. Nearest Train/Tube Station: Victoria.

Doors open at 12.30pm. The screening will start at 1pm sharp!!! Hot food will be on sale. 


There will be an entry fee of £4 per person.  


Places for the film screenings are limited (ONLY 45 PLACES AVAILABLE), so if you are interested in attending please reply as soon as possible to reserve your place. Places will be allocated on a first come first served basis, so don't delay. 


In order for us to manage seating and room layout,we would be grateful if all who are attending this event could confirm their attendance in advance. Please confirm via email info@blackhistorystudiesproductions.com how many of you will be attending this event. Please can you also notify any cancellations made after confirmation.

 

 

 

MARCUS GARVEY: LOOK FOR ME IN THE WHIRLWIND
 
Friday 15th October 2010 from 7pm

  

Marcus Garvey



Marcus Garvey: Look for Me in the Whirlwind uses a wealth of archival film, photographs and documents to uncover the story of this Jamaican immigrant who between 1916 and 1921 built the largest black mass movement in world history. It explores Garvey’s dramatic successes and failures before his fall into obscurity. Among the film’s most powerful sequences are interviews with people who witnessed the Garvey movement first hand more than 80 years ago. These interviews communicate the appeal of Garvey’s revolutionary ideas to a generation of African Americans and reveal how he invested hundreds of thousands of black men and women with a newfound sense of racial pride. 

 

Running time: 90 minutes
Director: Stanley Nelson

 

There will be a discussion after the screening.

 
The film screening will take place on Friday 15th October 2010 from 7pm to 9pm at the PCS LEARNING CENTRE (Victoria), 3rd Floor, 231 Vauxhall Bridge Road, London, SW1V 1EH. Nearest Train/Tube Station: Victoria. 

 

Doors open at 6.00pm. The screening will start at 7pm sharp!!! Hot food will be on sale. 
 
There will be an entry fee of £4 per person.
 
   
In order for us to manage seating and room layout, we would be grateful if all who are attending this event could confirm their attendance in advance. Please confirm via email info@blackhistorystudiesproductions.com   how many of you will be attending this event Please can you also notify any cancellations made after confirmation.

  

 APOCALYPSE AFRICA: MADE IN AMERICA
 
Friday 29th October 2010 from 7pm

 

 

 
 
Secret recordings. Once classified films. Hidden documents. From in side the archives of the United States government comes a story of racism and manipulation that reveals how the actions of a nation ultimately brought about the collapse of a continent: Africa.

 

It took the deaths of six million Jews before we finally said, "never again." Yet, with at least twenty million Africans killed so far, due to wars in Darfur, Uganda, Rwanda and many, many more, the body count continues to rise.

 

With powerfully haunting images, this controversial new film exposes the story of Africa's collapse and will fill you with an intense passion for the importance of human life.
 
Director: Del Walters
Running time: 72 minutes

There will be a discussion after the screening.
 
The film screening will take place on Friday 29th October 2010 from 7pm to 9pm at the PCS LEARNING CENTRE (Victoria), 3rd Floor, 231 Vauxhall Bridge Road, London, SW1V 1EH. Nearest Train/Tube Station: Victoria.

 

Doors open at 6.00pm. The screening will start at 7pm sharp!!! Hot food will be on sale. 
 
There will be an entry fee of £4 per person. 
  

In order for us to manage seating and room layout, we would be grateful if all who are attending this event could confirm their attendance in advance. Please confirm via email info@blackhistorystudiesproductions.com  how many of you will be attending this event Please can you also notify any cancellations made after confirmation.

 

 

We would appreciate if you could forward this information to all who you believe will be interested.

  

We look forward to seeing you