| Title |
Date |
Director |
Production Company |
Synopsis |
Minutes |
Film ID |
|
| Body of a Poet. A tribute to Audre Lorde, warrior poet, 1934-1992 |
1995 |
Sonali Fernando
|
Peripheral Vision |
A dramatisation of autobiographical events depicted in the poetry of black American lesbian poet, Audre Lorde (1934-1992) |
29 |
ACE406 |
Full details |
| Bohemian Noir et le Renaissance del Afrique |
1990 |
V. Amani Naphtali |
Black Bohemian |
A stylised docu-drama which looks at the emergence of an Afrikan movement among black British artists in the 1980s. |
26 |
ACE407 |
Full details |
| Bound |
1994 |
Kimi Takesue |
|
Dance and poetry combine in a dramatic narrative in which a young Chinese-British woman undertakes a symbolic journey of self-discovery. |
15 |
ACE408 |
Full details |
| Bridge to the Past |
1994 |
Raymond Yeung |
Force 8 Productions |
A stylised drama, incorporating elements of Peking opera and martial arts, which examines the beliefs underlying the Chinese Hungry Ghosts’ Festival. |
21 |
ACE409 |
Full details |
| Can I Touch It |
1994 |
Tanya Read |
Black Light |
A partly dramatised examination, with animated sequences, of the origins and influences of black hair styling in Afro-Caribbean culture. |
12 |
ACE410 |
Full details |
| Cedar Wood and Silk |
1995 |
Jillian Li-Sue
|
Rosenthal Films |
A dramatised narrative examining the intergenerational conflict between Jamaican immigrant mothers and their British-born daughters, centring on clothing and appearance. |
14 |
ACE411 |
Full details |
| Chaytantra. The Sixth Story |
1993 |
Ali Zaidi,
Keith Khan
|
|
An animated parable in which Endless Power finally overcomes Rich Power. |
12 |
ACE412 |
Full details |
| Confusion. The music of Khuljit Bhamra |
1992 |
Hardial S. Rai
|
Fusion Films |
The work of Kenyan-born composer, Kuljit Bhamra (b.1959), in which he seeks to keep alive traditional Punjabi music as well as combine it with Western forms |
21 |
ACE413 |
Full details |
| Dalda 13. A portrait of Homai Vyarawalla |
1995 |
Monika Baker
|
eMBe Productions |
India’s first woman photojournalist, Homai Vyarawalla (b.1913), talks about her life and work. |
23 |
ACE414 |
Full details |
| Damirifa Due! Saying goodbye. |
1993 |
Rosemary Dei-Boateng |
|
A celebration of the Ashanti funeral tradition, showing ceremonies recorded in Ghana and Britain. |
15 |
ACE415 |
Full details |
| Employing the Image. Making spaces for ourselves |
1989 |
Amanda Holiday
|
|
A look at the ways in which five young black and Asian British artists, (Simone Alexander, Zarina Bhimji (b. Uganda, 1963), Sonia Boyce (b.1962), Allan De Souza, and Keith Piper (b. Malta, 1960)) produce issue-based work, and a critique of contemporary art practice. |
28 |
ACE416 |
Full details |
| Fireflies n Stars |
1991 |
TUUP (Godfrey Duncan)
|
Rastaman in De Year 2000 |
A partly animated story of loss and grief. |
8 |
ACE417 |
Full details |
| Homecoming. A short film about Ajamu |
1995 |
Topher Campbell |
Gorgeous |
Black, gay photographer, Ajamu (Ikwe-Tyehimba, b.1963), returns to his home town, Huddersfield, for an exhibition of his work which explores personal, sexual and cultural identity. |
17 |
ACE418 |
Full details |
| I is a Long-Memoried Woman. Based on a collection of poems by Grace Nichols |
1990 |
Frances-Anne Solomon
|
Leda Serene/Yod Video |
Drama, dance and archive film woven together to relate the story of a young African woman taken to slavery in the West Indies; the narration is based on poems by Grace Nichols (b. Guyana, 1950). |
49 |
ACE419 |
Full details |
| Identical Beat |
1994 |
Smita Maldé
|
Cat Productions |
Three young British Asians participate in a two-day music-technology workshop, run by Aniruddha Das, which combines Asian and Western musical forms in ways which Das believes can be an important tool for young people of Asian origin to explore the dichotomy of their experience. The film prompted the formation of Asian Dub Foundation. |
24 |
ACE420 |
Full details |
| Iqbal. Two or three things I know about him |
1994 |
Nasser Aslam
|
|
An impressionistic exploration of the ideas of Indian Muslim poet, philosopher and politican, Mohammed Iqbal (1877-1938), spiritual founder of Pakistan. |
23 |
ACE421 |
Full details |
| Is This the Future? |
1991 |
Andy Francis |
Wangmo |
An analysis of the role of rap music in the growth of black consciousness in Britain. |
21 |
ACE422 |
Full details |
| Kamla |
1996 |
Chila Kumari Burman
|
Kamla Space Productions |
An experimental drama questioning stereotypes of Asian women and urging them to become artists. |
7 |
ACE423 |
Full details |
| Kanga |
1992 |
Ian Watts |
Kanga Productions |
A young black couple look for African styles and materials for their wedding costumes. |
15 |
ACE424 |
Full details |
| Linear Rhythm. A portrait of three artists |
1990 |
Rosa Fong
|
Working Pictures/Almond Eye |
Three Chinese-British artists explore the influences of cultural displacement, repression, and politics on their writing and painting. |
23 |
ACE425 |
Full details |
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