Spook Who Sat by the Door 26 May 2pm
Spook Who Sat by The Door (1973) 102 min. FIRST TIME EVER ON BRITISH SCREENS !! Plus: Infiltrating Hollywood: The Rise and Fall of the Spook who sat by the Door (2011) 56 mins Sat 26th May 2-5pm BFI Southbank, Belvedere Road SE1Tube: Waterloo www.bfi.org.uk Admission £6.50 best to book early Hollywood did not want […]
Mumia Abu Jamal All Dayer Sat 4 Feb
Mumia Abu Jamal All Day event Sat 4th February 11am to 1pm then 2-5pm BFI Southbank, Belvedere Road SE1 Tube: Waterloo www.bfi.org.uk Admission £5.00 best to book early A day of films and discussion about Mumia Abu-Jamal, civil rights campaigner currently serving a life sentence in the US Join part or the whole day […]
The Witches of Gambaga 21st Jan
The Witches of Gambaga Sat 21st January 2-5pm BFI Southbank, Belvedere Road SE1 Tube: Waterloo www.bfi.org.uk Admission £5.00 best to book early The Witches of Gambaga (55 min) is the extraordinary story of a community of women condemned to live as witches in Northern Ghana. Made over the course of 5 years, this disturbing […]
Emperor Selassie: Lion of Judah Sat 13.3.10
Twilight Revelations: Episodes in the Life & Times of Emperor Selassie Saturday 13 March 2pm -5.00pm BFI SouthBank Belvedere Road SE1 Tube: Waterloo. www.bfi.org.uk Ethiopia’s last emperor Haile Selassie (1892 – 1975) is to this day revered by the million-strong Rastafarian community. Yemane I Demissie’s documentary shows us the man behind the myth. Mixed with archive […]