Screening: Blood Ah Go Run & Dread Beat and Blood
Thu 8 Oct, 19:30 · UCL East Cinema, 1 Pool Street, London E20 2AF · London
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About this event
Two landmark films on Black British resistance screened together: Menelik Shabazz's Blood Ah Go Run, made in the aftermath of the 1981 New Cross fire, and Dread Beat and Blood, the Linton Kwesi Johnson portrait. A V&A programme hosted at UCL East's cinema on the Olympic Park. Free, but booking is essential and the room is finite.
Why we picked it
Archive Black British cinema, properly contextualised and free, in a purpose-built screening room — the strongest film event in London this week.
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