Two screenings of Black cinema landmarks, 'My Brother's Wedding' and 'African Jim', with a discussion by film curator Mosa Mpetha, part of Cinema Rediscovered on Tour.
FACT is running a Black History Month film programme this October, with two screenings on Wednesday 7 October and Wednesday 28 October, both starting at 19:00. The films are part of Cinema Rediscovered on Tour, a Watershed project supported by the BFI Audience Projects Fund and National Lottery funding.
On 7 October, the cinema shows My Brother's Wedding (1983), an intimate and funny story of family, friendship and class set in Black working-class Los Angeles. It's a Charles Burnett film, and it has a bit of a history behind it: it first screened as an unfinished rough cut, then Burnett restored and re-edited it in 2007, and there's now a new 4K restoration. It follows his debut, Killer of Sheep.
On 28 October, the focus shifts to South Africa with African Jim (1949), also released as Jim Comes to Jo'burg. It was the first South African feature made specifically for Black audiences, backed by the African National Congress. It stars jazz musician and activist Dolly Rathebe in her screen debut as a nightclub singer who meets a young man leaving his rural home for Johannesburg, who finds his way through music after they meet. The screening is followed by a discussion with film curator Mosa Mpetha, founder of Cinema Africa!.
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Both screenings are at FACT Liverpool, 88 Wood Street, L1 4DQ, and tickets are £8-10. If you're only going to one, the second night gives you the film and the talk with Mpetha afterwards.
