The first West Indies Test cricket team visits England and loses all three matches.
The legendary world heavyweight boxing champion, John Arthur 'Jack' Johnson, visits Manchester.
The ornate pavilions of cinematographs, boxing booths and menageries at Hull Fair.
Explore the tumultuous life of Marcus Mosiah Garvey Jr., a Jamaican political activist and advocate for Black Nationalism. From founding UNIA-ACL and finding prosperity through economic ventures to navigating financial hardships, assassination attempts, and politically motivated criminal charges, Garvey's impactful odyssey throughout Jamaica and America left an enduring imprint on history.
A short documentary film that delves into the life of Eleggua Luna, a karmairi-mokana-motilona Afro-Caribbean trans woman born in Cartagena de Indias, Colombia, to delve into the constant struggle that black, trans and indigenous people live in Abya Yala as a result of colonization.
Elong E'nabe is the story of six year old Angela, a black girl with Senegalese roots born in Belgium. The region they in live now is known for it's nationalist right wing supporters. Unaware of the conflict they ended up in, the kids live a carefree life while their mother watches over them. The film paints a picture of what it is like to grow up as a child with a black skin color in Flanders.
When a Black man is viciously assaulted by police right outside their window, all of the guests at a dinner party seem to consider the attack unremarkable except for one.
Documentary short that explores the meaning of the locals’ African identity through the Carnival festivities.
Radical resistance in the postwar British Caribbean community, from the 1948 Nationality Act to the 1958 Brixton riots.
Nicknamed "The Black Beverly Hills," View Park, Baldwin Hills, and Ladera Heights, are unarguably the three most wealthiest black neighborhoods in the world. Residences from the neighborhoods tell stories of their personal upbringings, past and present history of their neighborhoods, and their own views and opinions of the changing demographics.
A 1975 documentary short about how children perceive themselves in terms of their surroundings, family, and ethnicity.
"River of Hope" tells the story of how a former slave Mary Barnes Cabell and her children helped found the first college for African Americans in West Virginia. Based on true events.
Peter Blackman, founder of Steel 'n' Skin, talks about this pan-African group, which takes African culture to British schools. The film follows the group during a ten day workshop in Liverpool.
Early 90s London gets a vibrant dose of African culture in this mini odyssey fusing dance, music and fashion.