Sankofa Film & Video Scannán Coitianta

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

Seánra: Drama

Caitheadh: Ben Ellison

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

Seánra: Drama

Caitheadh: 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...

Seánra: Drama

Caitheadh: Anni Domingo

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...

Seánra: Drama

Caitheadh: Lennie James

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...

Seánra: Documentary

Caitheadh: Benjamin Zephaniah

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

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Caitheadh: Isaac Julien

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...

Seánra: Drama

Caitheadh: Adrian Pang

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...

Seánra: Documentary

Caitheadh: Isaac Julien

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

Seánra: Drama

Caitheadh: Ellen Thomas

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

Seánra: Drama

Caitheadh: Corinne Skinner-Carter

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

Seánra: Comedy

Caitheadh: Amanda Symonds

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...

Seánra: Drama

Caitheadh: Paul Keating

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

Seánra: Documentary

Caitheadh: Charlie Abrew

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A man struggles to clear a room full of litter

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Caitheadh: Barnaby Stone

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

Seánra: Documentary

Caitheadh: Maureen Blackwood

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

Seánra: Drama

Caitheadh: Sanath Gunatileke