Black cinema celebrated in Birmingham
- Fahima Khatun
- Oct 11, 2016
- 2 min read
This Autumn black cinema will be celebrated at the mac Birmingham, showing a wide range of international and local talent.
The mac Birmingham
Located in Cannon Hill Park, the Centre offers wide variety of activities for families from galleries, cinemas to a wide range of workshop classes for the public and now is bringing some of the best films starring black actors. All visitors will have the opportunity to view comedy, classics, music inspired and issue based screenings alongside events from 14th October to 30th December 2016. This is all a part of the British Film Institute (BFI) Black Star season.
The BFI are the UK’s major funder of films produced in the UK and outside. Their Black Star season will be the UK’s biggest ever programmer of film and television celebrating the range and power of Black actors. Involving events at cinemas across the country.
Ian Sergeant, Cinema Producer at mac Birmingham, said: “We are proud to be delivering a season of films, discussions and wider events to inform and entertain our audiences as part of Black Stat. Whilst it is a celebration of the enormous wealth of black acting talent, local to international, past and present. It is also an opportunity to address key issues of diversity and representation on screen, which is at the heart of the BFI’s strategy, which mac wholeheartedly supports and welcomes.”
Ben Luxford, Head of UK Wide Audiences, BFI said: “This collaboration with the BFI on the UK’s biggest-ever celebration of Black screen acting talent promises a real treat for audiences. We’re eager to get going and bring Black Star to new audiences all over the UK, giving them the chance to watch some classics and seek out many new discoveries.”
Idriss Assoumanou, aged 23, a young black film maker said: “It’s good exposure for black artist and minority artists of different background too. I think it’s a step forward and is a good way to inspire both new and old creator to do more and brings a strong platform for black artists to show their talent.”
For full programme of events visit: https://macbirmingham.co.uk/bfiblackstar
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