We are a Black women’s performance collective – keen to develop our own work and to champion the cause for greater prominence of other BLACK* women performers across disciplines. In June 2019, we delivered FLY! the first ever BLACK* women’s theatre festival. We are planning to deliver FLY! Festival of Black Women’s film – with a focus on new UK shorts produced by Black women and international work produced/directed by Black women unseen in the UK. In March 2020, our focus will be on Canadian Black women and Aboriginal women’s film.
As we perform widely in Bristol and around the UK, we take a dynamic approach to audience development. We have our own data base but use social media, radio and press interviews to extend our message.
James Harrison, director of South West Silents and Film Noir UK, discusses visiting Le Giornate Del Cinema Muto to discover the latest repertory finds in Italy.
The new BFI FAN Screen Heritage Resource Guide has been developed to assist exhibitors in screening film archive and repertory film.