Uncharted Territories: Black Britain on Film, 1963—1986

A political awakening inspires a woman to activism in Menelik Shabazz’s landmark of Black British cinema.

Franco Rosso's incendiary film about a young dancehall DJ in South London pursuing his musical ambitions despite facing racism and xenophobia at every turn.

Early short films by Issac Julien and Menelik Shabazz respond to police violence, uprisings and liberation struggles by Black British communities in the 80s.

Mid-century short films focus on Black British life from class relations to interracial friendship to avant-garde Black Power freak-outs.

The first feature by the renowned Sankofa Film and Video Collective offers a mosaic of Black British experience.

Two vital documentaries by trailblazing collectives from the 1980s film workshop movement.

James Baldwin speaks to a group of radical West Indian students in Horace Ové’s short doc, and Menelik Shabazz’s first film offers a portrait of Black British youth.

These films from the 1970s explore the oppression of Black communities in England and the birth of British Reggae.

An honest and insightful comic drama exposing the lives of unemployed Black Britons and immigrants in a ghettoized London.

A cricket team in a small English village invites a Black cricket team from South London to play a charity game in Horace Ové’s biting comedy of manners.