Projects in genres: Black

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Five years ago Kisilu, a Kenyan farmer, started to use his camera to capture the life of his family, his village and the damages of climate change. When a violent storm throws him and a Norwegian filmmaker together we see him transform from a father, to community leader to an activist on the global stage.

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Sylvan and Mia are the perfect couple; in love, caring and supportive of each other, with a shared vision of what Britain could be with Sylvan as its first black Prime Minister.
But, Sylvan has a secret from his street boy past that could destroy their dreams and devastate their marriage.

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Atom Spirit explores the increased interconnectedness of advanced technology and nature within the age of the Anthropocene. The film is set in Trinidad and Tobago, in a location that serves as a nexus point where desire, ecology and queerness intersect.

Atom Spirit is a film that reconceptualises our relationships with the environment, non-human animals and each other. Shedding scientific taxonomies and building queer ecologies in their stead, the film considers the possibility and necessity for new means of being in the world.

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An unhappily married couple become locked in a poisonous stand-off over the breakfast table...

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In 1977, immigration divides Britain. What happens when a punk fanzine challenges the status quo?
Official Selection Sundance Film Festival 2017 - International Documentary Short Film Selection - World premiere

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In a bustling metropolis of millions, young Ash is lost. He wants to be the big man but reality hasn’t quite delivered. Then a chance encounter leads him to make a dangerous decision which begins a chain reaction of events.

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Follow the lives of five untrained artists (painters) born in the slums who survived together from childhood in the streets of Nairobi, Kenya. Together they create incredible art that no one sees. Learn of their struggles and triumphs while viewing their beautiful art in the slum setting of Mukuru.

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John is a touring jazz musician who has never met a woman like Alice. That’s because there aren’t many women like Alice. Their love is urgent and physical and they have made heady declarations of devotion to each other.
Blowing out of the city like a whirlwind in the night, Alice and John flee to the coast. However, over the course of this romantic weekend getaway, they come into contact with strangers and friends and the bubble threatens to burst as they discover the vulnerabilities, flaws and manipulations that were previously masked by the blissful waves of new love.

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A multimedia feature film about gentrification in Brixton, London, incorporating fiction, documentary, performance art, photography and animation.
Nina, is a young stifled artist who returns to her community after a long absence - she is soon painted as a symbol of gentrification. As she struggles with her own complicity, she embarks on a mission to create a piece of art that can bring her community together.
Real life testimonies from people directly affected by gentrification in Brixton are woven alongside the story of Nina's journey, blurring the lines between fiction and reality.
Official Selection BFI London Film Festival 2016 - Debate Strand

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In a major moment in her life, Addy experiences the death of a family pet – only for her grievance to be met by an unsympathetic father.

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In a dystopian, post apocalyptic Britain, a young punk discovers true rebellion when she meets a radical old dandy.

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An intergenerational film, focusing on Nina, a young Indian girl who’s working through all the outcomes she could face by telling her parents about her Black Jamaican boyfriend. She’s definitely made up her mind to do it today, tonight. Nothing is going to stop her this time. Nothing.