Black History Studies Community Cinema - Engaging the Community Through Film


Through our Community Cinema Programme, Black History Studies showcases thought-provoking and educational films and documentaries on various topics on Black History and Black Studies.

We provide an exceptional service to the public by bringing people together to watch the very best in independent film that is rarely shown in the UK and at a price that is affordable for most.

We show a range of films to suit all tastes and ages along with a number of special events throughout the year. Each film is followed by a discussion or question and answer session. By igniting conversations around issues that affect us all, our Community Cinema helps to bring community cohesion and solutions.

Sign up to our mailing list and to get advance notice of our films. We will only ever send you information about forthcoming films or events and we won’t pass your details on to anyone else.

If you would like to screen your short or feature film at Black History Studies’ Community Cinema, email info@blackhistorystudies.com

 

Upcoming Film Screenings

Free Film Screening – Zora Nearle Hurston: Jump At The Sun – Sunday 26 January 2025

Date: January 26, 2025
Time: 12:00 pm – 2:30 pm
Location: The Black Cultural Centre Islington, 16–18 Hornsey Road, London, N7 7BT
Black Cultural Centre Islington | Events | Screenings
ZORA

Zora Neale Hurston, path-breaking novelist, pioneering anthropologist and one of the first Black women to enter the American literary canon (Their Eyes Were Watching God), established the African American vernacular as one of the most vital, inventive voices in American literature. This definitive film biography, eighteen years in the making, portrays Zora in all her complexity: gifted, […]

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FREE Film Screening: Strange Fruit – Sunday 26 January 2025

Date: January 26, 2025
Time: 3:00 pm – 5:30 pm
Location: The Black Cultural Centre Islington, 16–18 Hornsey Road, London, N7 7BT
Black Cultural Centre Islington | Events | Screenings
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Strange Fruit (2002) is the first documentary exploring the history and legacy of the Billie Holiday classic. The song’s evolution tells a dramatic story of America’s radical past using one of the most influential protest songs ever written as its epicenter. The saga brings viewers face- to- face with the terror of lynching even as […]

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Film Screening – The Psychosis of Whiteness – Thursday 30 January 2025

Date: January 30, 2025
Time: 7:00 pm – 9:00 pm
Location: The Black Cultural Centre Islington, 16–18 Hornsey Road, N7 7BT
Black Cultural Centre Islington | Events | Screenings
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Black History Studies presents the screening of ‘The Psychosis of Whiteness’ A film by Eugene Nulman and Kehinde Andrews. Join us for the screening of The Psychosis of Whiteness, directed by Eugene Nulman and based on the paper of the same title by Kehinde Andrews. The Psychosis of Whiteness sheds light on society’s perceptions of race and […]

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