Rare, Classic Films on Bob Marley and James Baldwin
Saturday 19th March
Bob Marley:Making of a Legend 11am-2pm
James Baldwin: Heard it Through the Grapevine 2pm-5pm
BFI SouthBank, Belvedere Road SE1 Tube: Waterloo.
Tickets £6.40 Box office 0207 928 3232
www.bfi.org.uk www.blackhistorywalks.co.uk
Bob Marley: The Making of a Legend.
Made by co-producer of the Harder They Come and the Three Dumas, Esther Anderson was also the photographer of Bob Marley before and during his rise to international success. Miss Anderson was also part of the production team for Chris Blackwells Island records
Heard it through the Grapevine: James Baldwin
Produced by Dick Fontaine and Pat Hartley, this is a highly personal film essay, written by James Baldwin, about exactly who and what survived the Civil Rights movement. It features Baldwin, his brother David, Chinua Achebe, Fanni Lou Hamer, Amiri Baraka, and other friends Baldwin made 'on that long, long road' through the 60s. On his journey he compares the strategies and tactics used by the black community in the 60's to see what worked and did'nt work with surprising results and revelations