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Souleymane’s Story (12A)

Saturday 1st - Thursday 6th November

Steeped in compassion, Souleymane’s Story combines the pace of a thriller with the emotional wallop of a social drama. Winner of Cannes Un Certain Regard Jury Award.

Don’t Let’s Go To the Dogs Tonight (15)

Friday 24th - Thursday 30th October

examines the collapse of colonialism through the eyes of eight-year-old Bobo as the 1980 election in Rhodesia that would create Zimbabwe approaches.

Comrade Tambo’s London Recruits (12A) + intro and Q&A with Director Gordon Main

Thursday 23rd October

After decades of secrecy, a nail biting journey of espionage with those who risked it all in taking on one of the 20th century’s most feared and brutal regimes.

Snapshot: Short Film Programme (12A) – Black History Month

Saturday 26th October

A programme of radical archive and critical contemporary offerings with this series of short films which capture and celebrate the multi-faceted experiences of Black Girlhood.

A Story of Bones (12A) + introduction with Helen Thomas

Saturday 26th October

As the Environmental Officer for Saint Helena’s troubled £285m airport project, Annina Van Neel learned of the island’s most terrible atrocity, an unmarked mass burial ground of an estimated 9,000 formerly enslaved Africans.

Dahomey (PG)

Saturday 26th October

Set in November 2021, the documentary charts 26 royal treasures from the Kingdom of Dahomey that are due to leave Paris and return to their country of origin: the present-day Republic of Benin.

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