Black Audio Film Collective Movies
- 1986
Handsworth Songs
Handsworth Songs5.51986HD
The Black Audio Film Collective’s acclaimed essay film, 'Handsworth Songs', examines the 1985 race riots in Handsworth and London. Interweaving...
- 1991
Who Needs a Heart
Who Needs a Heart01991HD
The tumultuous life of the controversial 1960s black revolutionary (and convicted murderer) Michael X is illustrated by a kaleidoscopic melding of...
- 1993
Seven Songs for Malcolm X
Seven Songs for Malcolm X01993HD
The Black Audio Film Collective’s seventh film envisioned the death and life of the African American revolutionary as a seven part study in...
- 1991
A Touch of the Tar Brush
A Touch of the Tar Brush01991HD
Black filmmaker John Akomfrah believes that, for too long, being English has meant being white. In an attempt to show Englishness from the point of...
- 1988
Testament
Testament01988HD
Focuses on the Kwame Nkrumah era in Ghanaian history and paints a portrait of a female African government minister forced into exile after a coup...
- 1996
Memory Room 451
Memory Room 4514.51996HD
The subject matter of Memory Room 451 is the cultural and historical significance of 20th-century hairstyles – the Afro, the conk, dreadlocks...
- 1996
The Last Angel of History
The Last Angel of History6.71996HD
An examination of the hitherto unexplored relationships between Pan-African culture, science fiction, intergalactic travel, and rapidly progressing...
- 1989
Twilight City
Twilight City71989HD
A fictional letter from a daughter, Olivia, to her mother in Dominica is the narrative thread connecting interviews from (predominantly) black and...
- 1995
Three Songs on Pain, Time and Light
Three Songs on Pain, Time and Light01995HD
Three Songs on Pain, Time and Light is a video portrait in deliberately unbalanced colours, made by Trevor Mathison and Edward George and produced...
- 1984
Expeditions 2 – Images of Nationality
Expeditions 2 – Images of Nationality01984HD
Produced while the Black Audio Film Collective were undergraduates, Expeditions 2 – Images of Nationality is the second of a two-part 35mm...
- 1983
Expeditions 1 – Signs of Empire
Expeditions 1 – Signs of Empire01983HD
Produced while the Black Audio Film Collective were undergraduates, Expeditions 1 – Signs of Empire is the first of a two-part 35mm slide-tape...
- 1991
Mysteries of July
Mysteries of July01991HD
Mysteries of July begins with the enigmatic death of young males in police custody. The film enacts an elaborate ritual of cinematic mourning that...