Films based on true events and individual black heroes.
Daughters Of The Dust
Julie Dash’s groundbreaking work follows a multi-generational family in the Gullah community on the Sea Islands off of South Carolina – former West African slaves who adopted many of their ancestors’ Yoruba traditions – as they struggle to maintain their cultural heritage and folklore.The first wide release by a black female filmmaker, Daughters of the Dust was met with wild critical acclaim and rapturous audience response when it initially opened in 1991. Casting a long legacy, Daughters of the Dust still resonates today, most recently as a major influence on Beyonce’s video album Lemonade. Restored for the first time, complete with the correct colour grading overseen by cinematographer Arthur Jafa, audiences will finally see the film exactly as Julie Dash intended.
Director: Julie Dash
Cast: Bahni Turpin, Barbara – O, Alva Rogers
US, 1991, 112min, 12
Selma
Director: Ava DuVernay
Cast: David Oyelowo, Tom Wilkinson, Tim Roth
US, 2014, 128mins, 12A
Belle
Director: Amma Asante
Cast: Gugu Mbatha-Raw, Tom Wilkinson, Emily Watson, Matthew Goode
UK, 2014, 104mins, PG
Green Book
Director: Peter Farrelly
Cast: Mahershala Ali, Viggo Mortensen,
US, 2018, 130mins, 12A
Loving
Loving celebrates the real-life courage and commitment of an interracial couple, Richard and Mildred Loving, who married and then spent the next nine years fighting for the right to live as a family in their hometown. Their civil rights case, Loving v. Virginia, went all the way to the Supreme Court, which in 1967 reaffirmed the very foundation of the right to marry – and their love story has become an inspiration to couples ever since.
Director: Jeff Nichols
Cast: Joel Edgerton, Ruth Negga
US, 2017, 123, 12A
Hidden Figures
Directed By: Ted Melfi
Cast: Taraji P. Henson, Octavia Spencer, Janelle Monáe
US, 2017, 127, PG
The Help
Director: Tate Taylor
Cast: Viola Davis, Octavia Spencer, Emma Stone
US, 2011, 137, 12A