During a wave of decolonization movements and blossoming radical political consciousness, the 1960s to the early 1980s represented an electrifying period in global Black cinema. For the first time, Black filmmakers began to step behind the camera in significant numbers—to artfully explore urgent questions of memory, migration, politics, identity, and rebellion.
Curated by author, programmer, and Criterion Collection Curatorial Director Ashley Clark, this series captures the thematic and stylistic diversity of the era. The series draws from Clark’s expansive new book The World of Black Film: A Journey Through Cinematic Blackness in 100 Films, an entertaining, informed, and thought-provoking survey of important and influential Black films spanning more than 100 years and 30 countries.
Screening Room, YBCA
Tickets: $15
Ticket includes the films, snacks—while supplies last—and gallery admission.
The film starts promptly at 2pm and there are no trailers. Please arrive a few minutes early to be seated.
Free for YBCA Members.
