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Sexy, funny musical about migrant labour
Meet Lina From Lima, who’s about to return to Peru after 10 years as a housekeeper to a rich Chilean family.
Migration, the movie
Look at the programme, pick your films, and come - in-person or online - between 25 November and 1 December to be part of the London Migration Film Festival.
Africa, Asia and Latin America at the BFI International Film Festival
Films with African, Asian and Latin American connections at the London International Film Festival in October).
First ever Tunisian film festival comes to London
London’s first Tunisian Film Festival l pays tribute to “one of the most daring of all Arab cinemas”.
In the wake of the Beirut blast
The 4 August Beirut blast reverberates as you look at the work in two forthcoming exhibitions at the P21 Gallery.
Arab encounters across the generations
SAFAR Film Festival reflects on the legacy of Arab protests through the lens of a new generation of youth, with family disparities and social tensions at their centre.
Cinema on the move
London Migration Film Festival is back with stories of people who moved or carry movement in their blood, bones, souls and dreams.
UK Asian Film Festival offers a ray of hope
The theme of the world’s longest running South Asian film festival outside India is Ray Of Hope.
Writing rights
A new series of free digital events, ‘Transformative Testimonies: Writing and Human Rights’.
Accra/London: six decades of photography
A major survey of British-Ghanaian photographer James Barnor, whose career spans six decades, two continents and numerous photographic genres.
A pat or a slap for media coverage of Covid?
A year into living with Covid 19, it’s time to take stock of how well our media has served us.
Climate activism: breaking new ground
A four-day meeting on some of the key issues facing our movements today. It will provide a space to discuss, plan and strategise about how to build a powerful, effective and inclusive climate justice movement.
Voices from the Dalit community
A meeting to mark Dalit History Month: Memory, Militancy, and Resistance.
How the Dominican Republic made 200,000 people stateless
Documentary examining how over 200,000 people with Haitian parents were left without nationality, identity or homeland.
Loot: Britain and the Benin Bronzes
The story of a powerful West African kingdom and British imperial greed. The dispersal of the Bronzes and today’s debate about their future.
Women directors steal the festival show
This year’s Human Rights Watch Film Festival highlights trailblazing women, activists, education as a tool for change and a special spotlight on Latin America, with eight of 10 films directed by women.
76 days on Wuhan’s frontline
Filmed inside four Wuhan hospitals when Covid-19 erupted, 76 Days shows healthcare workers and patients struggling to survive with resilience and dignity.
Migration: It’s not one-way traffic
The news headlines are full of stories of migrants trying to come to Britain. But for much of this country’s history, it’s been the other way round. And Britain’s emigration rate remains one of the highest in the world.
Theatre takes flight
Watching ‘Flight’, a drama about Afghan brothers seeking asylum in Europe, is like seeing “an astonishing 3-D graphic novel being unveiled”.
London’s Caribbean community: then and now
A TV series anchored in the Caribbean community’s experience in London “is a celebration of all that community has succeeded in achieving against the odds”.