The Workshop Years: Black British Film and Video After 1981
Hammer Museum, Billy Wilder Theater
Independent black British filmmaking saw an increased urgency and viability in the aftermath of South London’s Brixton Rising in 1981. Through new avenues of institutional support and the formation of “publisher-broadcaster” stations like Channel 4, filmmaking collectives and workshops such as Black Audio Film Collective, Sankofa Film and Video Collective, and Ceddo Film and Video Workshop emerged in the early part of the decade as alternatives to the dominant modes of representation in the U.K. This program revisits the history of black independent film and video in 1980s-era Britain and the means by which filmmakers addressed the exclusions of race from mainstream media production while negotiating a newfound race-relations industry.
A full schedule of screenings is available on the Hammer Museum website.
Event Date: Jan. 3-25, Tuesdays, Wednesdays, Fridays, & Saturdays, Noon—3 p.m.
Venue: Hammer Museum
Price: Free
The Hammer is located at the corner of Westwood and Wilshire boulevards in Westwood Village, three blocks east of the 405 freeway’s Wilshire exit.
Parking is available under the museum.