See two decades of vital, rarely-screened works exploring Black British life on film during “Uncharted Territories” running May 3-9 at BAM Film

Tickets and more info⬇️
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“Uncharted Territories: Black Britain on Film, 1963-1986” launches tomorrow BAM Film. I'm grateful to 4Columns and S. S. Sandhu for this thoughtful write-up that focuses on the program's deep(est) cuts: 4columns.org/sandhu-sukhdev…

Uncharted Territories: Black Britain on Film, 1963–1986 opens Friday BAM Film ! criterion.com/current/posts/…

'You are keeping no one safe, except for your donors, trustees, and the university’s endowment,' writes Robin D. G. Kelley in a letter to Columbia President Minouche Shafik:

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PERSUIT (EL QUE GANE PIERDE - HE WHO WINS LOOSES), Martin Wong, 1984

In a country where children go hungry, people die unhoused and libraries are only open part time, this is where our resources go

Scrolling my timeline and it’s footage of NYPD massing outside Columbia’s campus, and bloodied, lifeless children bombed in Rafah.

The fucking endless, staining disgrace of this moment.

This, from Clerks, is from a montage featuring stupid questions by customers. It registered as a laugh line in 1994, and for at least a decade afterwards. The rapid ubiquity of iced coffee—as a drink! As an idea!—is pretty dazzling, at least in US/UK.
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BAM Debuts Black British Film Festival and ‘Pressure’ Restoration — Watch Trailer trib.al/cF8zl5q

Watch the trailer for Janus Films’ release of the 4K restoration of Pressure, the landmark 1975 picture from Horace Ové. Opening May 10 at BAM Film.

Add to watchlist ➡️ boxd.it/3OiO

Shout out the random guy who overheard me teaching my son the wrong thing. This is why I can never home school.

Thank you to the The New Yorker for honoring Faith Ringgold & Sonny Rollins with this cover. RIP Faith Ringgold.
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Briefly activating my dormant account to say: If anyone in the struggle wants to screen RIOTSVILLE, USA - on or off campus, in any setting - please use whatever copy you have to do so. (and if you can't find a hi-res link, just contact me.) Love and solidarity from NYC!

The single most jarring thing I’ve learned from social media time and time again is that so many people *sincerely* cannot imagine that anyone would simply care about other humans

White woman, world renowned academic, brutalised by cops in full view of video cameras and arrested. They still lied on court records about the event. Now think how often cops lie about those without similar privilege

Evil Does Not Exist is not only a completely brilliant film, it's also a (wayward) cousin of Bill Forsyth's Local Hero, another consistently surprising ecological parable with a tone all of its own. One is significantly warmer than the other, but both get well under your skin.

In memory of yet another pioneer who laid the groundwork for a generation of indie filmmakers. variety.com/2024/film/obit…