A curated collection of three films to celebrate Black History Month.

Screenings:

Getting It Back: The Story of Cymande (12A) (BFI) - 08 Oct
Soundtrack to a Coup d'Etat (12A) + programmer intro (Modern Films) - 14 Oct
A Raisin in the Sun (PG) (65th Anniversary) + programmer intro (Park Circus) - 28 Oct

Tickets and further information

Trailer: Getting It Back: The Story of Cymande

Trailer: Soundtrack to a Coup d'Etat

Getting it Back: the Story of Cymande (12A)

GETTING IT BACK: THE STORY OF CYMANDE is a British music documentary charting the career of influential 70s funk band Cymande amidst the social unrest of the period, as well as their more recent reappraisal and reformation.

Soundtrack to a Coup d'Etat (12A)

Focusing on the lead-up to the murder of Congolese leader Patrice Lumumba in 1961, this documentary examines how jazz music became linked to decolonisation.

Credit: Image courtesy of Modern Films

A Raisin in the Sun (PG) (65th Anniversary)

A Black family living in a cramped Chicago tenement in the 1940s have the opportunity to improve their social standing via an insurance-policy check, but are in disagreement about how best to spend the windfall. Lorraine Hansberry adapted the script from her hit Broadway play.

Credit: Image courtesy of Park Circus