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Two disc jockeys have a friend's murder to solve in the fringe-group melting pot of 1977 London.

Genre: Drama

Cast: Valentine Nonyela

Co-directed by Blackwood and Julien, the first full-length feature film by Sankofa Film and Video offers a radical and necessary interrogation into...

Genre: Drama

Cast: Anni Domingo

Two actresses take us through a series of 'raps' and sketches about what it means to be beautiful and black.

Genre: Comedy

Cast: Amanda Symonds

Lost Boundaries is comprised of footage shot by Julien on location, in England in the summer of 1985, during the making of the Sankofa film and video...

Genre: Documentary

Cast: Isaac Julien

When Martin, a young father, is left alone one weekend with his son, his memories of past rejection from his own father come to the surface. As he...

Genre: Drama

Cast: Lennie James

A black and white, fantasy-like recreation of high-society gay men during the Harlem Renaissance, with archival footage and photographs intercut with...

Genre: Drama

Cast: Ben Ellison

A bittersweet and nostalgic short drama illustrating the spirit of modern families touched by the experience of migration. Miss T., from the...

Genre: Drama

Cast: Corinne Skinner-Carter

Strip, a young painter and decorator feels lost by the lack of challenge in his work. As he scrapes away yet another layer of wallpaper he is lead to...

Genre: Drama

Cast: Paul Keating

To ease her homesickness Miriam recreates an aspect of home in her suburban British garden. Cultural memory exerts a healing power, combatting...

Genre: Drama

Cast: Ellen Thomas

Who Killed Colin Roach? is Isaac Julien's first film, which reflects upon the death of Colin Roach, a 23 year old who was shot at the entrance of a...

Genre: Documentary

Cast: Benjamin Zephaniah

Monty, a gay Chinese guy living in London, makes it a habit to date only white boys. When his handsome East Asian neighbor invites him over for...

Genre: Drama

Cast: Adrian Pang

This highly stylized short asserts sexual desire over fear in gay romantic relationships.

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Cast: Isaac Julien

A semi-autobiographical account of a move from Sri Lanka to Britain, which explores "being inbetween East/West, mother/father, male/female". The...

Genre: Drama

Cast: Sanath Gunatileke

A man struggles to clear a room full of litter

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Cast: Barnaby Stone

Director Maureen Blackwood harnesses the distinctive style of the Sankofa Film Collective to sketch the Abrew family tree. The achievements of the...

Genre: Documentary

Cast: Charlie Abrew

Territories is an experimental documentary about the Notting Hill Carnival. It locates the event within the struggle between white authority and...

Genre: Documentary

Cast: Maureen Blackwood

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