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[ecrea] Black Film British Cinema Conference 2017 Full Programme Announced

Tue Apr 11 13:20:11 GMT 2017






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*Black Film British Cinema Conference 2017*

  The Politics of Race in Contemporary Film and Digital Practice


*FULL CONFERENCE PROGRAMME AND SPECIAL ICA EVENTS ANNOUNCED *

When: Thursday May 18th - Friday May 19th 2017

Where: Goldsmiths, University of London and Institute of Contemporary Arts (ICA)

Keynotes: Professor Sarita Malik (Brunel University) and Kara Keeling (University of Southern California)


I am very happy to announce that the full programme is now available for the Black Film British Cinema Conference 2017.

We have a fantastic programme of papers, presentations, talks and events and are looking forward to two days of interdisciplinary approaches to the conference themes, which we hope will//catalyse a renewed critical discussion and celebration of black British film.


Alongside keynotes from *Professor Sarita Malik* and *Dr Kara Keeling* and a fantastic range of papers offering international perspectives on both historic and contemporary approaches to black British cinema, we are pleased to announce a number of plenaries and special presentations throughout the two days:

The plenary /Institutional Approaches to Black Film Support/ addresses the complex questions of diversity within the institutions, discussing the various methods in which film institutions and funders have and continue to supported black filmmaking in the UK, and how these methods can inform current strategies by the DCMS, BFI, Film London and others, with panelists *Ruth Caleb OBE*, *Chi Onwurah MP*, *Gill Henderson *and *Matimba Kabalika *

In a special conference session, /Remembering/ /Black Film British Cinema 1988, /*Professor Sylvia Harvey* (University of Leeds) *Eddie George* (Founding member of Black Audio Film Collective) and *Dr Rod Stoneman* will be offering a retrospective analysis of the first conference, its socio-political context, and what those times meant not just for filmmakers but also the institutions involved.

Day two at the Institute of Contemporary Arts opens with the film curator *June Givanni *in conversation with *Dr Emma Sandon* (Birkbeck, University of London) discussing her career, the significance of the Black Film British Cinema Conference in 1988 and her archival work and research with the Pan African Cinema Archives. This will be followed by a special visual panel on the films of Steve McQueen. Curated by *Dr Richard Martin* (King’s College London) this session will critique the forms of representation of race found in both McQueen’s early video work and his feature films. Moving image artists* Larry Achiampong* and *David Blandy* and documentary filmmakers *Cassie Quarless* and *Usayd Younis* will participate in a shared visual plenary demonstrating and discussing how two different aesthetic approaches – he art film and the radical documentary – address the central question of how the moving image creates counter-hegemonic narratives of blackness and diversity.


We are also pleased to announce two special events curated with the ICA:


*Post-Legacy: Moving Image and the Supremacy of Inclusion **

Reflecting on the 1988 ICA conference Black Film, British Cinema, but mainly looking forward, this panel discussion sets out to question the language of diversity used in moving image, advertising and film. Exploring the impacts and potentials of moving image to challenge persistent, western narratives around concepts of diversity and inclusion, this panel aims to disrupt the liberalism that promotes a set of values which serve to benefit and sustain those in power rather than redistributing it and asks, how can artists, curators, writers and film makers work with moving image in ways that promote social power, and reject tired and lazy representations (and misappropriations) of concepts of 'diversity'?

Chaired by Bechdel Test Fest founder *Corinna Antrobus,* panelists include *Niamh Hayes* (Dept of Sociology, London School of Economics) *Bidisha* (writer and broadcaster), *Indy Selvarajah* (8andrising), and *Raine Allen Miller* (Director).

*This is a separately ticketed event. Tickets are priced between £3-5 and can be booked at https://www.ica.art/whats-on/post-legacy-moving-image-and-supremacy-inclusion


*Black British Shorts: Curated screening with sorryyoufeeluncomfortable Collective ***

*s*/*orryyoufeeluncomfortable Collective* /present a screening of Black British shorts by emerging artists followed by a discussion and Q+A. To what extent can the work of Black filmmakers contribute to the wider movement for freedom? Is representation enough? How can visual media contribute to contemporary narratives of emancipation? Join filmmaker, DJ and SYFU member *Rabz Lansiquot* after the screenings to discuss moving beyond representation in Black film towards liberation. The conversation will be recorded for inclusion in an upcoming SYFU x ICA Associates publication.

**This is a free event but booking is required at
https://www.ica.art/whats-on/black-british-shorts-curated-screening-sorryyoufeeluncomfortable-collective


The full programme of speakers, plenaries and presentations is available at https://www.gre.ac.uk/ach/events/bfbc2017

Registration is open until 7^th May at following link https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/black-film-british-cinema-conference-2017-tickets-31121781085

For further information, please contact us at (bfbc2017 /at/ greenwich.ac.uk) <mailto:(bfbc2017 /at/ greenwich.ac.uk)>



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