Projects in genres: Black

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Beauty Is... the film by community educator and guerrilla film maker Toyin Agbetu asks ‘what is beauty?’ and examines the answer from a philosophical position through discussions on hair, skin shade, body image and character. It's a serious, yet often humorous cross between Chris Rock's "Good Hair" and Bill Duke/D. Channsin Berry's "Dark Girls" documentaries with some sensitive Oprah styled interviews mixed in. The film explores the risks posed by chemical straighteners and skin bleaching, it shares insights on conditions like Vitiligo and Alopecia whilst discussing the impact of biased media on children and personal relationships. Backed by a global campaign to challenge governments and the pharmaceutical industry, this is edutainment that may just change your life.

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Eighteen year old Charlie ends up in his brother Barrie's filthy studio flat to cut his hair. As Charlie cuts Barrie’s hair memories of their childhood come to the surface and their past begins to take its toll on both brothers.

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London. Christmas time. A man is desperately trying to save the life of a minuscule fish, but the situation spirals out of control. Based on the short story 'All the pain in the world' by Michele Mari

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Haunted by threatening voices a paranoid schizophrenic descends into psychosis. As his hallucinations become more violent his rage turns against his family and their perceived betrayal.

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Set high above the streets of South London, 'Sunroof' is the story of two brothers pit against one another by a freak accident as their world closes in around them.

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Cover me: a dark short. One Girl. One Lie. One Choice.

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A documentary revealing an observation on three barber shops throughout the course of one summer's day in the city of London - Hackney, Herne Hill and Catford.. No other city in the country expresses the thriving atmosphere of social, urban community like the city of London. Documentary film Director Mark Brown relates the audience to the events within the community, through the doors of shops in different parts of the city, giving a detailed interpretation of the diversity within the same culture.

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Lucy Licari is thirty years old today and is trying to unfuck her life.

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After a rude awakening, Mark Bishop's carefree and complacent lifestyle comes crashing back to reality, forcing him to make hasty plans to marry girlfriend, Denise. He turns to best mate Fitzy for advice only to be ridiculed. Mark’s life soon begins to unravel due to a web of lies and deceit, and before long, he learns that with complacency comes risk.

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After Mas is a story of love that flourishes under the cover of darkness during the festival of J'ouvert on the streets of Port-of-Spain, Trinidad. But in the cold light of day, can these young lovers from very different backgrounds stay true to their desires?

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More Cake is the story of Matthew Collins who has a psychotic breakdown, during which he is unable to differentiate between what is real and what is not.

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Based on an Olivier Award winning play first performed at the Royal Court Theatre, London, Gone Too Far follows two estranged brothers over a single day as they meet for the first time, and struggle to accept each other for who they are. Iku, a proud confident Nigerian is excited to have come to London to live with his younger brother Yemi. Yemi, however, is a typical London teenager, desperate to prove himself a man, both to the local bullies, and to the girls on the estate, whatever the cost. Even if it means losing his brother. A day on the estate filled with danger and excitement, teaches both of them the values of family and self respect. Gone Too Far is an incredibly original and exciting interpretation of Black Britain for the screen; a wonderful opportunity to portray a vibrant group in a way that has never been done before.