The June Givanni Pan African Cinema Archive is pleased to be collaborating with Stockwell Park Community Centre and London's Screen Archives to present a selection of films which portray various communities settings on screen in London and beyond.
The programme selected attempts to highlight the ways film provides a unique medium through which filmmakers can empower communities to tell their own stories which would otherwise remain obscured or forgotten.
The film programme has a total running time of 70 minutes and will be followed by an open discussion in the screening room to give space to those in attendance to reflect on the works they have seen.
The June Givanni PanAfrican Cinema Archive
As a living archive, the June Givanni PanAfrican Cinema Archive invite audiences to form an interactive relationship with items within our archive on display at our events, using them as tools to spark discussions on the films we will view together.
London's Screen Archives "Undocumented" Project
London’s Screen Archives’ and The New Black Film Collective’s project, Undocumented project seeks to address the lack of Black stories in London’s screen archives. They will be running a programme of screenings, events and digitisation throughout 2024 with the support of the BFI, awarding National Lottery funding and The National Lottery Heritage Fund. Click here for more information.
Programme:
Street 66, Ayo Akingbade. 2018, UK, 13 min
Chronicling the life of Ghanaian housing activist Dora Boatemah and her influence on the regeneration of Angell Town Estate in Brixton, South London.
Nubia Way, Timi Akindele-Ajani. 2022, UK, 21 min
Nubia Way tells the story of a group of Black Londoners who built their own homes in 1990s Lewisham, examining self-building as an act of resistance against housing discrimination faced by Black British communties.
Concrete Garden, Alrick Riley, 1994, UK, 35 min.
A sweet tale about a young girl who moves to London after 11 years living with her Jamaican grandmother.
Robots of Brixton, Kibwe Tavares, 2011, 6 min
The film follows the trials and tribulations of young robots surviving at the sharp end of inner city life.