Black Rebels
Overview of films
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Hustlers Convention
Mike Todd | 91' | USA | None
Ten years before Public Enemy and Grandmaster Flash launched the new musical trend, the trailblazing Hustlers Convention appeared by Jalal Nuriddin, r -
Identification
Mike Hoolboom | 29' | Canada | World premiere
A story of the city in sixteen acts, recurring scenes with variations, of loss and humour. A look at the colour that is not a… -
Improvement Association
Kevin Jerome Everson | 12' | USA | World premiere
Fascinating portrait of Malik Hudgins, who has been a member since 1974 of the Universal Negro Improvement Association founded by Marcus Garvey. -
KBELA
Yasmin Thayná | 22' | Brazil | European premiere
A powerful visual essay about nappy hair. Confrontational and poetic, tranquil and exciting, it investigates the oppression of black Brazilian women, -
Killer of Sheep
Charles Burnett | 83' | USA | None
An extremely sensitive, personal and political portrayal of the fate of black American working poor. In the poverty-stricken district of Watts, severa -
Kindah
Ephraim Asili | 12' | Jamaica | International premiere
A filmic link between two African communities in the diaspora: one in Hudson, New York and one in the Maroon village of Accompong in Jamaica.… -
Lineage for a Multiple-Monitor Workstation: Number One
Sondra Perry | 26' | USA | European premiere
A semi-autobiographical portrait of video artist Sondra Perry’s family, (un)recognisable thanks to the chroma-key green balaclavas. While we look at w -
Medicine for Melancholy
Barry Jenkins | 88' | USA | None
An uneasy one-night stand in San Francisco unexpectedly leads to a day of museum visits, political debates and cautious overtures. Impressive debut by -
Moonlight
Barry Jenkins | 111' | USA | Dutch Premiere
American indie sensation shows the life of a black man as he grows from being the poor child of a single, addicted mother into a… -
My Josephine
Barry Jenkins | 9' | USA | None
Two Arab immigrants work in a launderette where, just after 9/11, American flags are washed free of charge. While they fold flags meticulously, true l -
Rebirth of a Nation
DJ Spooky | 65' | USA | None
The music of DJ Spooky and the Kronos Quartet in Rebirth of a Nation is certainly no homage to D.W. Griffiths’ influential film from 1915.… -
Reluctantly Queer
Akosua Adoma Owusu | 8' | Ghana | None
Hushed monologue in black-and-white in which a young Ghanaian immigrant confesses in a warm, openhearted letter to his mother that his love for men wa