The day will be introduced by June Givanni and panellists will include: John Akomfrah and Reece Auguiste (both filmmakers from the former Black Audio Film Collective), Imruh Bakari (scholar, curator and filmmaker from the former Ceddo film collective), Nadia Denton (producer and writer), Louis Massiah (filmmaker, scholar and Director of the Scribe Video Center, USA), Laura Mulvey (film scholar), and Euzhan Palcy (filmmaker).

The Relevance of Pan-Africanism and Négritude in Cinema Now

What interest does a Pan-African cinema archive collected within a key historical period of anti-colonial struggle and the emergence of African diaspora cinema, hold for filmmakers and film scholars today? This panel will discuss how Pan-Africanism and Négritude encompass ideas that have defined the African world of the twentieth century, whether in terms of political movements and liberation struggles, or as expressions of culture and creativity. These concepts emanated from specific colonial influences: Pan-Africanism in the context of British slavery, colonialism and American slavery and segregation, as well as Négritude from the imperial Francophone perspective. This panel will debate the relationship between these two crucial concepts and anticipate what value can be placed on their relevance to contemporary film culture.

Screening of extract of part two of the trilogy:

Aimé Césaire: Une Parole pour le XXIème siècle/A Voice for the 21^st century (Euzhan Palcy, 1994, 52mins)

 

How can the June Givanni Pan-African Cinema Archive promote its collection and its Pan-African legacy?

This afternoon panel will address the historical importance of the June Givanni Pan-African Cinema Archive. It will explore the ways in which a Pan-African Cinema Archive can respond to the diversity that defines this culture, while taking into account the challenges that exists for archiving film across the African continent and diaspora. The panel will discuss the importance of the collection, its access, and its future potential.      

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 10.30-12.30 – Pressure (110’) 13.00-15.00 – Borom Sarret (20’) & Black Girl (60’) 18.00-21.00 (Opening) – Twilight City (58’) & Home Away from Home (11’) 

10.30-12.30 – Bombing of Osage Avenue (58’) & Octobre (37’) 13.00-15.00 – W.E.B. Du Bois (116’)16.00-18.00 – Made in Brixton (26’) & Territories (25’) & Bohemian Noir (26’)  18.30-20.30 – Quartier Mozart (80’)  

 10.30-12.30 – The Terror and the Time (75’) 13.00-15.00 – The Boy Kumasenu (62’) & Dread Knight Folk (26’) 16.00-18.00 –Badu Boy (56’) & Contras City (22’) 18.30-20.30 – Sidewalk Stories (97’)

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 Ouaga: African Cinema Now (52’) Basi & Co. (26’)

Caribbean Eye (29’) Mark of the Hand (52’)

Third Eye Film Festival of Third Cinema in London (41’) Big George is Dead (65’)

Havana Film Festival of Latin American and Caribbean Cinema (13’) We’re Doing it for the Children (53’)

Ouaga: African Cinema Now(52’) Basi & Co. (26’)

Caribbean Eye (29’) Mark of the Hand (52’)

Third Eye Film Festival of Third Cinema in London (41’) Big George is Dead (65’)

Havana Film Festival of Latin American and Caribbean Cinema (13’) We’re Doing it for the Children (53’)

Big City Stories (90’) Robots of Brixton (6’) Jonah (18’)

Big City Stories (90’) Robots of Brixton (6’) Jonah (18’)