Women’s Health: 32 Movies About Black History That Should Be On Your Must-Watch List
These films will teach you something the history books don’t.
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Alliance of Women Film Journalists – Black History Month 2024: One-A-Day Movie Watch List
Welcome to the Alliance of Women Film Journalists’ 2024 Black History Month Movie Watch List. Listed in alphabetical order, we present the titles of 32 watch-worthy movies, a one-a-day selection of films to view during February 2024. We also suggest several double bills for binging.
The New Republic: Black Cinema Matters
Black films have championed Black lives for over 100 years—while white America studiously ignored them.
ICO blog – Touring Mapantsula: The journey to a national co-curation model
On 27 April 1994, the first non-racialised democratic elections took place in South Africa, a significant milestone in the dismantling of 300 years of colonisation and oppression. To celebrate the 30th anniversary of what is known as Freedom Day, the ICO has partnered with Cinema Africa! and Maona Art to bring a 4K restoration of Mapantsula to UK cinemas. In this blog, … More
ICO blog: A grassroots campaign for better inclusivity in the London Film Festival’s press corps
In this article we hear from Hannah Strong and Hanna Flint, two film journalists and the co-founders of the LFF Critics’ Support Fund – a crowdfunded campaign which they set up this year to help writers from low-income households cover the costs of attending the BFI London Film Festival.
ICO blog: Navigating the 32-Hour Week with Flatpack Festival
From July-December 2022, Flatpack Festival took part in the UK’s 4-day week pilot programme, a coordinated, 6-month trial of a 32-hour week, with no reduction in pay or benefits for staff. In this blog, Flatpack’s Operations Manager Abbe Elliston reflects on how it went.
Five Films for Freedom: queer cinema and censorship
What are the challenges of making queer films in countries where LGBTQIA+ rights are restricted? As Five Films for Freedom 2023 comes to a close, National Film and Television School (NFTS) student Josh Bullin shares learnings from creating a queer film season as part of his studies, which screened at London’s Rio Cinema in November 2022.
By us, about us, for all: why films by trans people matter for everyone
Two films about transgender and gender non-conforming people at BFI Flare 2021 are representation at its finest – the wider film industry should take note.
‘There’s this inherent censorship’: how trans cinema has endured over time
In the 25th edition of the groundbreaking San Francisco transgender film festival, sidelined narratives take center stage.
5 Things to Know to Make Your Feminism Trans-Inclusive
In Collaboration With HRC’s Transgender, Ally & Gender-Expansive Staff Resource Group and Women Identified Staff+ Resource Group Most people understand feminism to simply mean, “the advocacy of women’s rights on the basis of the equality of the sexes.” However, that definition leaves out a lot of nuance about what effective and inclusive feminism actually entails. … More
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