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Hercules: Rough Cut

Hercules: Rough Cut refers to the Roman version of the Greek Heracles, a series of stories rife with internal contradictions and gathered from multiple sources

i eye aye

A post-mortem archaeology of the creative path followed by a non-existent artist into the cosmological eternal present.(A tissue of truthful lies documented by the Archive

Alternative Economies

Alternative Economies was made in conversation with herbalist Rasheeqa Ahmad and financial services regulator Rachel Bardiger. The film discusses the imperialist exploits of the Disney

Here is the Imagination of the Black Radical

Afrofuturism is communicated via the Bahamian people through Junkanoo, a form of carnival in the Bahamas, originally celebrated by the enslaved who were given Christmas

Fire in My Belly

A necessary youthful take echoing on questions of home, community and crisis in the metropolitan city of London.

Jennifer

The film is portrait of Jennifer – a friend of the filmmaker’s who is an enclosed Carmelite nun in a monastery in Ronda, Spain, where

Art Class

Art Class is a filmed performance lecture playing on, and exploring, the perennial tension between the two key words in its title. It uses the

nine nine nine nine nine

‘nine nine nine nine nine’ amalgamates archival and recent 16mm footage filmed inside 53 Beck Road, one of several on a road of terraced houses

Jatiwangi

Shot between July and September 2017 the film is a collaborative portrait of the village arts community Jatiwangi Art Factory (JaF) in West Java, Indonesia.

(Reprise) Sunday’s Best

‘(Reprise) Sunday’s Best’ considers how belief systems within the diaspora are inflected by colonial histories. As part of his current research Larry Achiampong is interested

Collective Hum

A short film exploring the polyphony of collectivity in the desires, motivations and stories that foreground the histories and present(s) of Black British sound. Collective

Your Estatic Self

Your Ecstatic Self follows a conversation unfolding in a car with Sajid. As the journey progresses Sajid discusses his engagement with the philosophy and practice

The Foundation

The Foundation combines footage shot around the Tom of Finland Foundation in Los Angeles alongside choreographed sequences in a specially-constructed set. Together they form a

Two Stones

Two Stones explores the trajectories and ideals of the Bauhaus-trained, German architect Lotte Stam-Beese and the Caribbean activist and writer Hermina Huiswoud through dialogues and

An image of black women in white voluminous dresses with frills and colorful headpieces is projected onto a white wall and a glittery curtain drape.

She Was A Full Body Speaker

This video combines found footage from the artist’s personal archive and that of Liverpool based filmmaker Sandi Hughes (Rewind/Fast Forward). It explores cycles of trauma,

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