Sheffield Doc Fest: Sudan, Remember Us + Q&A
Following Shajane, Maha, Muzamil, and Khattab: four young Sudanese activists in their twenties, these politically active and artistically creative youth are but a few of a generation fighting for freedom with their words, poems, and chants. Buoyed by courage, sheer will and collective hope, these Sudanese youth risked everything to overthrow the country’s military regime through impassioned revolution.
Spanning the years from the Sudanese revolution of 2019, to the outbreak of the grievous civil war in 2023, this immensely moving documentary captures a collective portrait of Sudanese youth, dreaming of a new, democratic Sudan. Hind Meddeb’s documentary is a testament to the resistance and revolutionary spirit of Sudan, and in her words: ‘a cinematic chorus’.
In a time when Sudan has faced two years of a violent, counter-revolutionary war, famine, and, millions of people forced into exile, along with the indifference of the rest of the world, this film is a portrait of a nation and a people who will continue to persist and insist on a bright and just future.
After the screening there will be a Q&A with editor, Gladys Joujou.
Sheffield Doc Fest: Sudan, Remember Us + Q&A
Following Shajane, Maha, Muzamil, and Khattab: four young Sudanese activists in their twenties, these politically active and artistically creative youth are but a few of a generation fighting for freedom with their words, poems, and chants. Buoyed by courage, sheer will and collective hope, these Sudanese youth risked everything to overthrow the country’s military regime through impassioned revolution.
Spanning the years from the Sudanese revolution of 2019, to the outbreak of the grievous civil war in 2023, this immensely moving documentary captures a collective portrait of Sudanese youth, dreaming of a new, democratic Sudan. Hind Meddeb’s documentary is a testament to the resistance and revolutionary spirit of Sudan, and in her words: ‘a cinematic chorus’.
In a time when Sudan has faced two years of a violent, counter-revolutionary war, famine, and, millions of people forced into exile, along with the indifference of the rest of the world, this film is a portrait of a nation and a people who will continue to persist and insist on a bright and just future.
After the screening there will be a Q&A with editor, Gladys Joujou.
Sheffield Doc Fest: Sudan, Remember Us
Following Shajane, Maha, Muzamil, and Khattab: four young Sudanese activists in their twenties, these politically active and artistically creative youth are but a few of a generation fighting for freedom with their words, poems, and chants. Buoyed by courage, sheer will and collective hope, these Sudanese youth risked everything to overthrow the country’s military regime through impassioned revolution.
Spanning the years from the Sudanese revolution of 2019, to the outbreak of the grievous civil war in 2023, this immensely moving documentary captures a collective portrait of Sudanese youth, dreaming of a new, democratic Sudan. Hind Meddeb’s documentary is a testament to the resistance and revolutionary spirit of Sudan, and in her words: ‘a cinematic chorus’.
In a time when Sudan has faced two years of a violent, counter-revolutionary war, famine, and, millions of people forced into exile, along with the indifference of the rest of the world, this film is a portrait of a nation and a people who will continue to persist and insist on a bright and just future.
After the screening there will be a Q&A with editor, Gladys Joujou.
SAFAR FILM FESTIVAL: Sudan, Remember Us - Cardiff
Following Shajane, Maha, Muzamil, and Khattab: four young Sudanese activists in their twenties, these politically active and artistically creative youth are but a few of a generation fighting for freedom with their words, poems, and chants. Buoyed by courage, sheer will and collective hope, these Sudanese youth risked everything to overthrow the country’s military regime through impassioned revolution.
Spanning the years from the Sudanese revolution of 2019, to the outbreak of the grievous civil war in 2023, this immensely moving documentary captures a collective portrait of Sudanese youth, dreaming of a new, democratic Sudan. Hind Meddeb’s documentary is a testament to the resistance and revolutionary spirit of Sudan, and in her words: ‘a cinematic chorus’.
In a time when Sudan has faced two years of a violent, counter-revolutionary war, famine, and, millions of people forced into exile, along with the indifference of the rest of the world, this film is a portrait of a nation and a people who will continue to persist and insist on a bright and just future.
The film will be screened with descriptive subtitles.
SAFAR FILM FESTIVAL: Sudan, Remember Us - Manchester + Q&A
Following Shajane, Maha, Muzamil, and Khattab: four young Sudanese activists in their twenties, these politically active and artistically creative youth are but a few of a generation fighting for freedom with their words, poems, and chants. Buoyed by courage, sheer will and collective hope, these Sudanese youth risked everything to overthrow the country’s military regime through impassioned revolution.
Spanning the years from the Sudanese revolution of 2019, to the outbreak of the grievous civil war in 2023, this immensely moving documentary captures a collective portrait of Sudanese youth, dreaming of a new, democratic Sudan. Hind Meddeb’s documentary is a testament to the resistance and revolutionary spirit of Sudan, and in her words: ‘a cinematic chorus’.
In a time when Sudan has faced two years of a violent, counter-revolutionary war, famine, and, millions of people forced into exile, along with the indifference of the rest of the world, this film is a portrait of a nation and a people who will continue to persist and insist on a bright and just future.
After the screening there will also be a Q&A with director, Hind Meddeb which will be BSL interpreted. The film will be screened with descriptive subtitles.
SAFAR FILM FESTIVAL: Sudan, Remember Us - Birmingham + Q&A
Following Shajane, Maha, Muzamil, and Khattab: four young Sudanese activists in their twenties, these politically active and artistically creative youth are but a few of a generation fighting for freedom with their words, poems, and chants. Buoyed by courage, sheer will and collective hope, these Sudanese youth risked everything to overthrow the country’s military regime through impassioned revolution.
Spanning the years from the Sudanese revolution of 2019, to the outbreak of the grievous civil war in 2023, this immensely moving documentary captures a collective portrait of Sudanese youth, dreaming of a new, democratic Sudan. Hind Meddeb’s documentary is a testament to the resistance and revolutionary spirit of Sudan, and in her words: ‘a cinematic chorus’.
In a time when Sudan has faced two years of a violent, counter-revolutionary war, famine, and, millions of people forced into exile, along with the indifference of the rest of the world, this film is a portrait of a nation and a people who will continue to persist and insist on a bright and just future.
After the screening there will also be a Q&A with director, Hind Meddeb.
SAFAR FILM FESTIVAL: Sudan, Remember Us - Glasgow
Following Shajane, Maha, Muzamil, and Khattab: four young Sudanese activists in their twenties, these politically active and artistically creative youth are but a few of a generation fighting for freedom with their words, poems, and chants. Buoyed by courage, sheer will and collective hope, these Sudanese youth risked everything to overthrow the country’s military regime through impassioned revolution.
Spanning the years from the Sudanese revolution of 2019, to the outbreak of the grievous civil war in 2023, this immensely moving documentary captures a collective portrait of Sudanese youth, dreaming of a new, democratic Sudan. Hind Meddeb’s documentary is a testament to the resistance and revolutionary spirit of Sudan, and in her words: ‘a cinematic chorus’.
In a time when Sudan has faced two years of a violent, counter-revolutionary war, famine, and, millions of people forced into exile, along with the indifference of the rest of the world, this film is a portrait of a nation and a people who will continue to persist and insist on a bright and just future.
The film will be screened with descriptive subtitles.
SAFAR FILM FESTIVAL: Sudan, Remember Us - Oxford
Following Shajane, Maha, Muzamil, and Khattab: four young Sudanese activists in their twenties, these politically active and artistically creative youth are but a few of a generation fighting for freedom with their words, poems, and chants. Buoyed by courage, sheer will and collective hope, these Sudanese youth risked everything to overthrow the country’s military regime through impassioned revolution.
Spanning the years from the Sudanese revolution of 2019, to the outbreak of the grievous civil war in 2023, this immensely moving documentary captures a collective portrait of Sudanese youth, dreaming of a new, democratic Sudan. Hind Meddeb’s documentary is a testament to the resistance and revolutionary spirit of Sudan, and in her words: ‘a cinematic chorus’.
In a time when Sudan has faced two years of a violent, counter-revolutionary war, famine, and, millions of people forced into exile, along with the indifference of the rest of the world, this film is a portrait of a nation and a people who will continue to persist and insist on a bright and just future.
SAFAR FILM FESTIVAL: Sudan, Remember Us - London, ICA + Q&A
Following Shajane, Maha, Muzamil, and Khattab: four young Sudanese activists in their twenties, these politically active and artistically creative youth are but a few of a generation fighting for freedom with their words, poems, and chants. Buoyed by courage, sheer will and collective hope, these Sudanese youth risked everything to overthrow the country’s military regime through impassioned revolution.
Spanning the years from the Sudanese revolution of 2019, to the outbreak of the grievous civil war in 2023, this immensely moving documentary captures a collective portrait of Sudanese youth, dreaming of a new, democratic Sudan. Hind Meddeb’s documentary is a testament to the resistance and revolutionary spirit of Sudan, and in her words: ‘a cinematic chorus’.
In a time when Sudan has faced two years of a violent, counter-revolutionary war, famine, and, millions of people forced into exile, along with the indifference of the rest of the world, this film is a portrait of a nation and a people who will continue to persist and insist on a bright and just future.
After the screening there will also be a Q&A with director, Hind Meddeb.
PopChange Film Club: Sudan, Remember Us - London, Rich Mix + Q&A
Join PopChange Film Club for the next edition of their monthly programme featuring filmmakers from migrant and refugee backgrounds.
Following Shajane, Maha, Muzamil, and Khattab: four young Sudanese activists in their twenties, these politically active and artistically creative youth are but a few of a generation fighting for freedom with their words, poems, and chants. Buoyed by courage, sheer will and collective hope, these Sudanese youth risked everything to overthrow the country’s military regime through impassioned revolution.
Spanning the years from the Sudanese revolution of 2019, to the outbreak of the grievous civil war in 2023, this immensely moving documentary captures a collective portrait of Sudanese youth, dreaming of a new, democratic Sudan. Hind Meddeb’s documentary is a testament to the resistance and revolutionary spirit of Sudan, and in her words: ‘a cinematic chorus’.
In a time when Sudan has faced two years of a violent, counter-revolutionary war, famine, and, millions of people forced into exile, along with the indifference of the rest of the world, this film is a portrait of a nation and a people who will continue to persist and insist on a bright and just future.
After the screening there will also be a Q&A with director, Hind Meddeb.
Black Debutantes: A Collection of Early Works by Black Women - Drylongso
Cauleen Smith’s monumental coming-of-age film centres the Black teenage girl as archivist.
Cauleen Smith presents a colourful and complex portrait of Black girlhood through photography student Pica. Armed with a best friend and polaroid camera, Pica takes it upon herself to take portraits of young Black men, believing her project to serve as their record of existence in the face of increasing violence in 1990s L.A.
Digital 4K (restoration)
Black Debutantes: Exhibiting Black Cinema Discussion
Join ‘Black Debutantes’ season programmer Rógan Graham for a panel discussion on the processes and challenges in archiving, restoring and exhibiting Black-led films to audiences with industry professionals Isra Al Kassi (T A P E Collective), Ashley Clark (Criterion Collection) and Carmen Thompson (We Are Parable).
Joint ticket available with Drylongso on Thursday 22 May 20:30 NFT2 (subject to availability) £17, concessions £14 (Members pay £2.50 less). Book in person at the box office or by phone on 020 7928 3232.
One Room Film Club: Essex Girls, Muna & Neo Nahda
See T A P E shorts at ‘One Room Film Club’, a travelling film club, popping up across unexpected spaces to share fresh, bold, emotionally rich stories — especially from voices often pushed to the margins.
Join us this May as we screen three standout shorts centring Black, Arab and Muslim girlhood, told through the lenses of identity, grief, resistance, and the unshakeable power of self-discovery.
📽️ What’s Showing:
🌸 Essex Girls (dir. Yero Timi-Biu)
Bisola is trying to figure it all out — growing up as the only Black girl in a small Essex town where everyone expects her to fit a certain mould. But when she meets Ashlee, the confident, vibrant new girl in school, Bisola is invited into a new kind of sisterhood — one filled with joy, reflection, and magic.
Flipping the “Essex Girl” stereotype on its head, this nostalgic coming-of-age film is filled with BBM messages, Jane Norman bags, and warm snapshots of 2009 — but at its core, it’s about belonging and Black girl joy in unlikely places.
🌀 Neo Nahda (dir. May Ziadé)
Mona, a young Arab woman in London, stumbles across a set of archived photographs showing Arab women cross-dressing in the 1920s — a discovery that sends her into a whirlwind of imagination, desire, and self-reckoning.
Between fantasy and reality, Neo Nahda unearths hidden histories of Arab resistance and queerness. Visually stunning and politically charged, it’s a love letter to the archive — and a challenge to who gets remembered, and how.
🌙 Muna (dir. Warda Mohamed)
All Muna wants is to go on the school trip and play her perfect playlist — but when her grandfather dies in Somalia, she finds herself stuck in a house of grief for someone she never knew.
With heart, humour, and beautiful stillness, Muna tells the story of a British-Somali teen navigating loss, teenage dreams, and unexpected connection. A moving exploration of intergenerational memory, faith, and what we inherit from those we barely knew.
This Day is part of the Barking Open Studios by Bow Arts & The Boathouse Studios. This is an artist led Open Studio there where you can get a behind the scenes look at the prcatice and process of the resident artist and makers on the 17th of May.
Falastin Film Festival Scotland: Bye Bye Tiberias
Falastin Film Festival Scotland brings Palestinian cinema, culture and art to Scotland while raising awareness on zionist colonization.
T A P E’s Bye Bye Tiberias screens at Falastin Film Festival on Friday 18 May, 2025
About Bye Bye Tiberias
Leaving her native village to follow her dream of becoming an actress, Hiam Abbass also left behind her mother, grandmother and seven sisters. Thirty years later, her filmmaker daughter Lina Soualem returns with her to journey through the vanished places among the scattered memories of four generations of daring Palestinian women.
Black Debutantes: A Collection of Early Works by Black Women - Drylongso
Cauleen Smith’s monumental coming-of-age film centres the Black teenage girl as archivist.
Cauleen Smith presents a colourful and complex portrait of Black girlhood through photography student Pica. Armed with a best friend and polaroid camera, Pica takes it upon herself to take portraits of young Black men, believing her project to serve as their record of existence in the face of increasing violence in 1990s L.A.
Audio Description and additional Descriptive Subtitles of non-dialogue audio are available for the screening of Drylongso on Sunday 11 May 18:45 NFT2.
Digital 4K (restoration)
SNAPSHOT: JUST ANOTHER GIRL ON THE I.R.T. - Leeds
🎟️ Tickets
After years of only a single 35mm print available for screenings, Leslie Harris’ ground-breaking JUST ANOTHER GIRL ON THE I.R.T. has been digitally restored in collaboration between UCLA Film & Television Archive, the Academy Archive, and Sundance, and is returning to cinemas across the UK and Ireland from 21 March 2025, with support from T A P E Collective as part of the SNAPSHOT season. The new 4K restoration created from a scan of the original 16mm A/B negatives, working closely with director Leslie Harris to restore her seminal debut film.
Chantel Mitchell is a 17-year-old African-American high school junior who lives in Brooklyn, New York. Chantel is very smart, but her sharp tongue, abundant ego, and occasional naivete undermine her efforts to achieve her ultimate dream: to leave her poor neighborhood, go to college, and eventually become a doctor. Throughout the film, Chantel breaks the fourth wall and explains that she wants to be seen as more than just another teenage black girl on the subway. Her dream is tested by her constant clashes with her school's administration, along with her romantic involvement with her seemingly rich boyfriend Tyrone. Lacking a proper sex education, Chantel ends up pregnant and must contend with her future.
Special Preview: Seeking Mavis Beacon
Preview screening + Nail Bar Pop-Up
Mavis Beacon Teaches Typing taught millions of people touch typing in the late 80s and through the 90s. The computer software box was adored by a beautiful, corporately dressed Black woman, but who was Mavis Beacon? In this kaleidoscopic, cyber-feminist documentary, filmmaker Jazmin Jones teams up with cyber doula Olivia McKayla Ross to conduct an investigation to track down the icon from their childhood.
T A P E x Open City Documentary Festival 2025 - Meet Your Producer
Continuing our collaboration with Open City Documentary Festival, we’ll be hosting a Meet Your Producer matchmaking session. These free one-on-one encounters are conceived to gain a better grasp of what it is you’re looking for and how to express it, the sessions will give you a taste of the forms the director-producer relationship can take and things to keep in mind. The session is an opportunity to meet and speak with eight different producers practicing in the UK, with 15 minutes sessions available to discuss your project, practice, and anything else.
Line Up -
Antonia Luxem, Reman Sadani, Gannesh Rajah, Elhum Shakerifar, Chuckie McEwan, Archie Sinclair, Winnie Imara, Tobi Kyeremateng
Hackney: SNAPSHOT SHORTS
Join us for the very last London screening of SNAPSHOT SHORTS!
Presenting a snapshot of Black girlhood through a mixture of archive and contemporary short films. Find joy in these adventures, the refreshing variety of perspectives they offer and in storytelling that simply lets Black girls be girls.
ESSEX GIRLS dir. Yero Timi-Biu, UK, 2023, 15 min.
Flipping the 'Essex Girl' trope, this coming-of-age film explores Black British girlhood and magical female friendships in 2009 Essex.
Official Selection BFI London Film Festival 2023 - Short Film Competition
Official Selection Sundance Film Festival 2024
PICKING TRIBES dir. S. Pearl Sharp, USA, 1984, 7 min
“In a heartfelt, and often hilarious, attempt to be more than ‘ordinary,’ a girl growing up in the 1940s tries to choose between her African-American and Native-American heritages. It is only when her beloved grandfather dies that she is able to reconcile the power of both her heritages and realizes her own uniqueness." -Moving Pictures Bulletin. Originally released in 1984, this lyrical visual poem featuring Barbara-O urges black women to both discover and invent their own identities. The 2009 remix includes updated audio with vocals by Sharp and Dwight Trible.
MUNA dir. Warda Mohamed, UK, 2023, 19 min.
A film about teenage dreams, dislocated grief and unexpected connection, following a British-Somali teen navigating a confusing mourning period for a family member she never met.
Official Selection Berlin International Film Festival 2024 - Generation 14plus - International premiere
HOME AWAY FROM HOME dir. Maureen Blackwood, UK, 1993, 11 min.
Sankofa Film Collective's Maureen Blackwood renders the often unspoken experience of loneliness and sacrifice within migration stories. To ease her homesickness Miriam recreates an aspect of home in her suburban British garden. Cultural memory exerts a healing power, combatting cultural appropriation, hostility towards migrants and the rift between Miriam and her Nigerian-British children.
FLIGHT OF THE SWAN, dir. Ngozi Onwurah, UK, 1992, 11 min.
A young girl leaves her Nigerian village to attend a ballet school in England. Fascinated by Tchaikovsky's Swan Lake, she dreams of performing as lead ballerina Princess Odette, but the girls in her close-minded ballet school mock her ideas of a 'black swan'.
Content warning: Please note that viewers may find Picking Tribes upsetting as it includes historical racist language and a brief depiction of lynching in the US. The curators of the programme T A P E Collective carefully considered the inclusion of the film and felt that as it was directed by a Black woman (as are all the films featured in the programme), they wanted to include it to truthfully represent the sentiments, worries and politics of the times.
Chronic Youth Film Festival: Preview: Seeking Mavis Beacon + Panel
Hey Siri, have you heard of Mavis Beacon? Jazmin Jones’ debut feature follows two chronically online investigators as they search for the Black woman behind the iconic 80s typing game.
“The solution would be for everybody to tell their version of the story.”
More in tune with a group chat than a documentary, this vivid journey takes us through a digital wormhole to adventurously confront the intersections of big tech, identity, artificial intelligence, and community. A meditation on Black representation online, the ghostly nature of digital avatars, and the surprisingly spiritual dimensions of online community.
Following the screening will be a panel talk about cyberfeminism, online communities, and resistance with speakers Temitope Lasade-Anderson from Glitch, Danielle Udogaranya from Ebonix and Yxsmin Ali, a creative computing technologist and critical maker.
SNAPSHOT: JUST ANOTHER GIRL ON THE I.R.T. + intro
🎟️ Tickets
After years of only a single 35mm print available for screenings, Leslie Harris’ ground-breaking JUST ANOTHER GIRL ON THE I.R.T. has been digitally restored in collaboration between UCLA Film & Television Archive, the Academy Archive, and Sundance, and is returning to cinemas across the UK and Ireland from 21 March 2025, with support from T A P E Collective as part of the SNAPSHOT season. The new 4K restoration created from a scan of the original 16mm A/B negatives, working closely with director Leslie Harris to restore her seminal debut film.
This screening will have a in-person intro by Zain Gibson.
Chantel Mitchell is a 17-year-old African-American high school junior who lives in Brooklyn, New York. Chantel is very smart, but her sharp tongue, abundant ego, and occasional naivete undermine her efforts to achieve her ultimate dream: to leave her poor neighborhood, go to college, and eventually become a doctor. Throughout the film, Chantel breaks the fourth wall and explains that she wants to be seen as more than just another teenage black girl on the subway. Her dream is tested by her constant clashes with her school's administration, along with her romantic involvement with her seemingly rich boyfriend Tyrone. Lacking a proper sex education, Chantel ends up pregnant and must contend with her future.
Sheffield: SNAPSHOT SHORTS
Presenting a snapshot of Black girlhood through a mixture of archive and contemporary short films. Find joy in these adventures, the refreshing variety of perspectives they offer and in storytelling that simply lets Black girls be girls.
Content warning: Please note that viewers may find Picking Tribes upsetting as it includes historical racist language and a brief depiction of lynching in the US. The curators of the programme T A P E Collective carefully considered the inclusion of the film and felt that as it was directed by a Black woman (as are all the films featured in the programme), they wanted to include it to truthfully represent the sentiments, worries and politics of the times.
ESSEX GIRLS dir. Yero Timi-Biu, UK, 2023, 15 min.
Flipping the 'Essex Girl' trope, this coming-of-age film explores Black British girlhood and magical female friendships in 2009 Essex.
Official Selection BFI London Film Festival 2023 - Short Film Competition
Official Selection Sundance Film Festival 2024
PICKING TRIBES dir. S. Pearl Sharp, USA, 1984, 7 min
“In a heartfelt, and often hilarious, attempt to be more than ‘ordinary,’ a girl growing up in the 1940s tries to choose between her African-American and Native-American heritages. It is only when her beloved grandfather dies that she is able to reconcile the power of both her heritages and realizes her own uniqueness." -Moving Pictures Bulletin. Originally released in 1984, this lyrical visual poem featuring Barbara-O urges black women to both discover and invent their own identities. The 2009 remix includes updated audio with vocals by Sharp and Dwight Trible.
MUNA dir. Warda Mohamed, UK, 2023, 19 min.
A film about teenage dreams, dislocated grief and unexpected connection, following a British-Somali teen navigating a confusing mourning period for a family member she never met.
Official Selection Berlin International Film Festival 2024 - Generation 14plus - International premiere
HOME AWAY FROM HOME dir. Maureen Blackwood, UK, 1993, 11 min.
Sankofa Film Collective's Maureen Blackwood renders the often unspoken experience of loneliness and sacrifice within migration stories. To ease her homesickness Miriam recreates an aspect of home in her suburban British garden. Cultural memory exerts a healing power, combatting cultural appropriation, hostility towards migrants and the rift between Miriam and her Nigerian-British children.
FLIGHT OF THE SWAN, dir. Ngozi Onwurah, UK, 1992, 11 min.
A young girl leaves her Nigerian village to attend a ballet school in England. Fascinated by Tchaikovsky's Swan Lake, she dreams of performing as lead ballerina Princess Odette, but the girls in her close-minded ballet school mock her ideas of a 'black swan'.
SNAPSHOT: Just Another Girl on the I.R.T. 4K Restoration
After years of only a single 35mm print available for screenings, Leslie Harris’ ground-breaking JUST ANOTHER GIRL ON THE I.R.T. has been digitally restored in collaboration between UCLA Film & Television Archive, the Academy Archive, and Sundance, and is returning to cinemas across the UK and Ireland from 21 March 2025, with support from T A P E Collective as part of the SNAPSHOT season. The new 4K restoration created from a scan of the original 16mm A/B negatives, working closely with director Leslie Harris to restore her seminal debut film.
Chantel Mitchell is a 17-year-old African-American high school junior who lives in Brooklyn, New York. Chantel is very smart, but her sharp tongue, abundant ego, and occasional naivete undermine her efforts to achieve her ultimate dream: to leave her poor neighborhood, go to college, and eventually become a doctor. Throughout the film, Chantel breaks the fourth wall and explains that she wants to be seen as more than just another teenage black girl on the subway. Her dream is tested by her constant clashes with her school's administration, along with her romantic involvement with her seemingly rich boyfriend Tyrone. Lacking a proper sex education, Chantel ends up pregnant and must contend with her future.
🎟️ Tickets
Manchester: SNAPSHOT SHORTS
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Presenting a snapshot of Black girlhood through a mixture of archive and contemporary short films. Find joy in these adventures, the refreshing variety of perspectives they offer and in storytelling that simply lets Black girls be girls.
Content warning: Please note that viewers may find Picking Tribes upsetting as it includes historical racist language and a brief depiction of lynching in the US. The curators of the programme T A P E Collective carefully considered the inclusion of the film and felt that as it was directed by a Black woman (as are all the films featured in the programme), they wanted to include it to truthfully represent the sentiments, worries and politics of the times.
ESSEX GIRLS dir. Yero Timi-Biu, UK, 2023, 15 min.
Flipping the 'Essex Girl' trope, this coming-of-age film explores Black British girlhood and magical female friendships in 2009 Essex.
Official Selection BFI London Film Festival 2023 - Short Film Competition
Official Selection Sundance Film Festival 2024
PICKING TRIBES dir. S. Pearl Sharp, USA, 1984, 7 min
“In a heartfelt, and often hilarious, attempt to be more than ‘ordinary,’ a girl growing up in the 1940s tries to choose between her African-American and Native-American heritages. It is only when her beloved grandfather dies that she is able to reconcile the power of both her heritages and realizes her own uniqueness." -Moving Pictures Bulletin. Originally released in 1984, this lyrical visual poem featuring Barbara-O urges black women to both discover and invent their own identities. The 2009 remix includes updated audio with vocals by Sharp and Dwight Trible.
MUNA dir. Warda Mohamed, UK, 2023, 19 min.
A film about teenage dreams, dislocated grief and unexpected connection, following a British-Somali teen navigating a confusing mourning period for a family member she never met.
Official Selection Berlin International Film Festival 2024 - Generation 14plus - International premiere
HOME AWAY FROM HOME dir. Maureen Blackwood, UK, 1993, 11 min.
Sankofa Film Collective's Maureen Blackwood renders the often unspoken experience of loneliness and sacrifice within migration stories. To ease her homesickness Miriam recreates an aspect of home in her suburban British garden. Cultural memory exerts a healing power, combatting cultural appropriation, hostility towards migrants and the rift between Miriam and her Nigerian-British children.
FLIGHT OF THE SWAN, dir. Ngozi Onwurah, UK, 1992, 11 min.
A young girl leaves her Nigerian village to attend a ballet school in England. Fascinated by Tchaikovsky's Swan Lake, she dreams of performing as lead ballerina Princess Odette, but the girls in her close-minded ballet school mock her ideas of a 'black swan'.
SNAPSHOT: Just Another Girl on the I.R.T. 4K Restoration + Intro
After years of only a single 35mm print available for screenings, Leslie Harris’ ground-breaking JUST ANOTHER GIRL ON THE I.R.T. has been digitally restored in collaboration between UCLA Film & Television Archive, the Academy Archive, and Sundance, and is returning to cinemas across the UK and Ireland from 21 March 2025, with support from T A P E Collective as part of the SNAPSHOT season. The new 4K restoration created from a scan of the original 16mm A/B negatives, working closely with director Leslie Harris to restore her seminal debut film.
This screening will have a 15 min in-person intro by Rōgan Graham.
Chantel Mitchell is a 17-year-old African-American high school junior who lives in Brooklyn, New York. Chantel is very smart, but her sharp tongue, abundant ego, and occasional naivete undermine her efforts to achieve her ultimate dream: to leave her poor neighborhood, go to college, and eventually become a doctor. Throughout the film, Chantel breaks the fourth wall and explains that she wants to be seen as more than just another teenage black girl on the subway. Her dream is tested by her constant clashes with her school's administration, along with her romantic involvement with her seemingly rich boyfriend Tyrone. Lacking a proper sex education, Chantel ends up pregnant and must contend with her future.
🎟️ Tickets
SNAPSHOT: Just Another Girl on the I.R.T. 4K Restoration
After years of only a single 35mm print available for screenings, Leslie Harris’ ground-breaking JUST ANOTHER GIRL ON THE I.R.T. has been digitally restored in collaboration between UCLA Film & Television Archive, the Academy Archive, and Sundance, and is returning to cinemas across the UK and Ireland from 21 March 2025, with support from T A P E Collective as part of the SNAPSHOT season. The new 4K restoration created from a scan of the original 16mm A/B negatives, working closely with director Leslie Harris to restore her seminal debut film.
Chantel Mitchell is a 17-year-old African-American high school junior who lives in Brooklyn, New York. Chantel is very smart, but her sharp tongue, abundant ego, and occasional naivete undermine her efforts to achieve her ultimate dream: to leave her poor neighborhood, go to college, and eventually become a doctor. Throughout the film, Chantel breaks the fourth wall and explains that she wants to be seen as more than just another teenage black girl on the subway. Her dream is tested by her constant clashes with her school's administration, along with her romantic involvement with her seemingly rich boyfriend Tyrone. Lacking a proper sex education, Chantel ends up pregnant and must contend with her future.
🎟️ Tickets
SNAPSHOT: Just Another Girl on the I.R.T 4K Restoration
After years of only a single 35mm print available for screenings, Leslie Harris’ ground-breaking JUST ANOTHER GIRL ON THE I.R.T. has been digitally restored in collaboration between UCLA Film & Television Archive, the Academy Archive, and Sundance, and is returning to cinemas across the UK and Ireland from 21 March 2025, with support from T A P E Collective as part of the SNAPSHOT season. The new 4K restoration created from a scan of the original 16mm A/B negatives, working closely with director Leslie Harris to restore her seminal debut film.
Chantel Mitchell is a 17-year-old African-American high school junior who lives in Brooklyn, New York. Chantel is very smart, but her sharp tongue, abundant ego, and occasional naivete undermine her efforts to achieve her ultimate dream: to leave her poor neighborhood, go to college, and eventually become a doctor. Throughout the film, Chantel breaks the fourth wall and explains that she wants to be seen as more than just another teenage black girl on the subway. Her dream is tested by her constant clashes with her school's administration, along with her romantic involvement with her seemingly rich boyfriend Tyrone. Lacking a proper sex education, Chantel ends up pregnant and must contend with her future.
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SNAPSHOT: Just Another Girl on the I.R.T. 4K Restoration
After years of only a single 35mm print available for screenings, Leslie Harris’ ground-breaking JUST ANOTHER GIRL ON THE I.R.T. has been digitally restored in collaboration between UCLA Film & Television Archive, the Academy Archive, and Sundance, and is returning to cinemas across the UK and Ireland from 21 March 2025, with support from T A P E Collective as part of the SNAPSHOT season. The new 4K restoration created from a scan of the original 16mm A/B negatives, working closely with director Leslie Harris to restore her seminal debut film.
Chantel Mitchell is a 17-year-old African-American high school junior who lives in Brooklyn, New York. Chantel is very smart, but her sharp tongue, abundant ego, and occasional naivete undermine her efforts to achieve her ultimate dream: to leave her poor neighborhood, go to college, and eventually become a doctor. Throughout the film, Chantel breaks the fourth wall and explains that she wants to be seen as more than just another teenage black girl on the subway. Her dream is tested by her constant clashes with her school's administration, along with her romantic involvement with her seemingly rich boyfriend Tyrone. Lacking a proper sex education, Chantel ends up pregnant and must contend with her future.
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SNAPSHOT: Just Another Girl on the I.R.T. 4K Restoration
After years of only a single 35mm print available for screenings, Leslie Harris’ ground-breaking JUST ANOTHER GIRL ON THE I.R.T. has been digitally restored in collaboration between UCLA Film & Television Archive, the Academy Archive, and Sundance, and is returning to cinemas across the UK and Ireland from 21 March 2025, with support from T A P E Collective as part of the SNAPSHOT season. The new 4K restoration created from a scan of the original 16mm A/B negatives, working closely with director Leslie Harris to restore her seminal debut film.
Chantel Mitchell is a 17-year-old African-American high school junior who lives in Brooklyn, New York. Chantel is very smart, but her sharp tongue, abundant ego, and occasional naivete undermine her efforts to achieve her ultimate dream: to leave her poor neighborhood, go to college, and eventually become a doctor. Throughout the film, Chantel breaks the fourth wall and explains that she wants to be seen as more than just another teenage black girl on the subway. Her dream is tested by her constant clashes with her school's administration, along with her romantic involvement with her seemingly rich boyfriend Tyrone. Lacking a proper sex education, Chantel ends up pregnant and must contend with her future.
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SNAPSHOT: Just Another Girl on the I.R.T. 4K Restoration *4 shows*
After years of only a single 35mm print available for screenings, Leslie Harris’ ground-breaking JUST ANOTHER GIRL ON THE I.R.T. has been digitally restored in collaboration between UCLA Film & Television Archive, the Academy Archive, and Sundance, and is returning to cinemas across the UK and Ireland from 21 March 2025, with support from T A P E Collective as part of the SNAPSHOT season. The new 4K restoration created from a scan of the original 16mm A/B negatives, working closely with director Leslie Harris to restore her seminal debut film.
Chantel Mitchell is a 17-year-old African-American high school junior who lives in Brooklyn, New York. Chantel is very smart, but her sharp tongue, abundant ego, and occasional naivete undermine her efforts to achieve her ultimate dream: to leave her poor neighborhood, go to college, and eventually become a doctor. Throughout the film, Chantel breaks the fourth wall and explains that she wants to be seen as more than just another teenage black girl on the subway. Her dream is tested by her constant clashes with her school's administration, along with her romantic involvement with her seemingly rich boyfriend Tyrone. Lacking a proper sex education, Chantel ends up pregnant and must contend with her future.
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Mon 24 Mar, 20.15
Tue 25 Mar, 16.30
Wed 26 Mar, 18.00
Thu 27 Mar, 20.30
SNAPSHOT: Just Another Girl on the I.R.T. 4K Restoration
After years of only a single 35mm print available for screenings, Leslie Harris’ ground-breaking JUST ANOTHER GIRL ON THE I.R.T. has been digitally restored in collaboration between UCLA Film & Television Archive, the Academy Archive, and Sundance, and is returning to cinemas across the UK and Ireland from 21 March 2025, with support from T A P E Collective as part of the SNAPSHOT season. The new 4K restoration created from a scan of the original 16mm A/B negatives, working closely with director Leslie Harris to restore her seminal debut film.
Chantel Mitchell is a 17-year-old African-American high school junior who lives in Brooklyn, New York. Chantel is very smart, but her sharp tongue, abundant ego, and occasional naivete undermine her efforts to achieve her ultimate dream: to leave her poor neighborhood, go to college, and eventually become a doctor. Throughout the film, Chantel breaks the fourth wall and explains that she wants to be seen as more than just another teenage black girl on the subway. Her dream is tested by her constant clashes with her school's administration, along with her romantic involvement with her seemingly rich boyfriend Tyrone. Lacking a proper sex education, Chantel ends up pregnant and must contend with her future.
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SNAPSHOT: Just Another Girl on the I.R.T. 4K Restoration
After years of only a single 35mm print available for screenings, Leslie Harris’ ground-breaking JUST ANOTHER GIRL ON THE I.R.T. has been digitally restored in collaboration between UCLA Film & Television Archive, the Academy Archive, and Sundance, and is returning to cinemas across the UK and Ireland from 21 March 2025, with support from T A P E Collective as part of the SNAPSHOT season. The new 4K restoration created from a scan of the original 16mm A/B negatives, working closely with director Leslie Harris to restore her seminal debut film.
Chantel Mitchell is a 17-year-old African-American high school junior who lives in Brooklyn, New York. Chantel is very smart, but her sharp tongue, abundant ego, and occasional naivete undermine her efforts to achieve her ultimate dream: to leave her poor neighborhood, go to college, and eventually become a doctor. Throughout the film, Chantel breaks the fourth wall and explains that she wants to be seen as more than just another teenage black girl on the subway. Her dream is tested by her constant clashes with her school's administration, along with her romantic involvement with her seemingly rich boyfriend Tyrone. Lacking a proper sex education, Chantel ends up pregnant and must contend with her future.
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SNAPSHOT: Just Another Girl on the I.R.T. 4K Restoration
After years of only a single 35mm print available for screenings, Leslie Harris’ ground-breaking JUST ANOTHER GIRL ON THE I.R.T. has been digitally restored in collaboration between UCLA Film & Television Archive, the Academy Archive, and Sundance, and is returning to cinemas across the UK and Ireland from 21 March 2025, with support from T A P E Collective as part of the SNAPSHOT season. The new 4K restoration created from a scan of the original 16mm A/B negatives, working closely with director Leslie Harris to restore her seminal debut film.
Chantel Mitchell is a 17-year-old African-American high school junior who lives in Brooklyn, New York. Chantel is very smart, but her sharp tongue, abundant ego, and occasional naivete undermine her efforts to achieve her ultimate dream: to leave her poor neighborhood, go to college, and eventually become a doctor. Throughout the film, Chantel breaks the fourth wall and explains that she wants to be seen as more than just another teenage black girl on the subway. Her dream is tested by her constant clashes with her school's administration, along with her romantic involvement with her seemingly rich boyfriend Tyrone. Lacking a proper sex education, Chantel ends up pregnant and must contend with her future.
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SNAPSHOT: Just Another Girl on the I.R.T. 4K Restoration
After years of only a single 35mm print available for screenings, Leslie Harris’ ground-breaking JUST ANOTHER GIRL ON THE I.R.T. has been digitally restored in collaboration between UCLA Film & Television Archive, the Academy Archive, and Sundance, and is returning to cinemas across the UK and Ireland from 21 March 2025, with support from T A P E Collective as part of the SNAPSHOT season. The new 4K restoration created from a scan of the original 16mm A/B negatives, working closely with director Leslie Harris to restore her seminal debut film.
Chantel Mitchell is a 17-year-old African-American high school junior who lives in Brooklyn, New York. Chantel is very smart, but her sharp tongue, abundant ego, and occasional naivete undermine her efforts to achieve her ultimate dream: to leave her poor neighborhood, go to college, and eventually become a doctor. Throughout the film, Chantel breaks the fourth wall and explains that she wants to be seen as more than just another teenage black girl on the subway. Her dream is tested by her constant clashes with her school's administration, along with her romantic involvement with her seemingly rich boyfriend Tyrone. Lacking a proper sex education, Chantel ends up pregnant and must contend with her future.
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SNAPSHOT: Just Another Girl on the I.R.T. 4K Restoration
After years of only a single 35mm print available for screenings, Leslie Harris’ ground-breaking JUST ANOTHER GIRL ON THE I.R.T. has been digitally restored in collaboration between UCLA Film & Television Archive, the Academy Archive, and Sundance, and is returning to cinemas across the UK and Ireland from 21 March 2025, with support from T A P E Collective as part of the SNAPSHOT season. The new 4K restoration created from a scan of the original 16mm A/B negatives, working closely with director Leslie Harris to restore her seminal debut film.
Chantel Mitchell is a 17-year-old African-American high school junior who lives in Brooklyn, New York. Chantel is very smart, but her sharp tongue, abundant ego, and occasional naivete undermine her efforts to achieve her ultimate dream: to leave her poor neighborhood, go to college, and eventually become a doctor. Throughout the film, Chantel breaks the fourth wall and explains that she wants to be seen as more than just another teenage black girl on the subway. Her dream is tested by her constant clashes with her school's administration, along with her romantic involvement with her seemingly rich boyfriend Tyrone. Lacking a proper sex education, Chantel ends up pregnant and must contend with her future.
🎟️ Tickets
SNAPSHOT: Just Another Girl on the I.R.T. 4K Restoration
After years of only a single 35mm print available for screenings, Leslie Harris’ ground-breaking JUST ANOTHER GIRL ON THE I.R.T. has been digitally restored in collaboration between UCLA Film & Television Archive, the Academy Archive, and Sundance, and is returning to cinemas across the UK and Ireland from 21 March 2025, with support from T A P E Collective as part of the SNAPSHOT season. The new 4K restoration created from a scan of the original 16mm A/B negatives, working closely with director Leslie Harris to restore her seminal debut film.
Chantel Mitchell is a 17-year-old African-American high school junior who lives in Brooklyn, New York. Chantel is very smart, but her sharp tongue, abundant ego, and occasional naivete undermine her efforts to achieve her ultimate dream: to leave her poor neighborhood, go to college, and eventually become a doctor. Throughout the film, Chantel breaks the fourth wall and explains that she wants to be seen as more than just another teenage black girl on the subway. Her dream is tested by her constant clashes with her school's administration, along with her romantic involvement with her seemingly rich boyfriend Tyrone. Lacking a proper sex education, Chantel ends up pregnant and must contend with her future.
🎟️ Tickets
SNAPSHOT: Just Another Girl on the I.R.T. 4K Restoration
After years of only a single 35mm print available for screenings, Leslie Harris’ ground-breaking JUST ANOTHER GIRL ON THE I.R.T. has been digitally restored in collaboration between UCLA Film & Television Archive, the Academy Archive, and Sundance, and is returning to cinemas across the UK and Ireland from 21 March 2025, with support from T A P E Collective as part of the SNAPSHOT season. The new 4K restoration created from a scan of the original 16mm A/B negatives, working closely with director Leslie Harris to restore her seminal debut film.
Chantel Mitchell is a 17-year-old African-American high school junior who lives in Brooklyn, New York. Chantel is very smart, but her sharp tongue, abundant ego, and occasional naivete undermine her efforts to achieve her ultimate dream: to leave her poor neighborhood, go to college, and eventually become a doctor. Throughout the film, Chantel breaks the fourth wall and explains that she wants to be seen as more than just another teenage black girl on the subway. Her dream is tested by her constant clashes with her school's administration, along with her romantic involvement with her seemingly rich boyfriend Tyrone. Lacking a proper sex education, Chantel ends up pregnant and must contend with her future.
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SNAPSHOT: Just Another Girl on the I.R.T. 4K Restoration Premiere
Just Another Girl on the I.R.T is returning to the big screen for Glasgow Film Festival 2025!
The only feature film to date by writer/director Leslie Harris is an intense exploration of the complexities of life and difficult choices faced by an ambitious Black teenager from the Brooklyn projects.
This new 4K restoration is brought to you at GFF in collaboration with Park Circus and T A P E to close off our SNAPSHOT Series, a 12 month long season which explores the snapshots of Black Girlhood found in cinema, challenging our misconceptions of the cinema canon through their powerful depictions of Black, female led stories.
Milisuthando + Intro
Presented by Maona Art and Solax Film Club. This screening will be preceded with an intro from Ingrid Machado of the Solax Film Club.
MILISUTHANDO is a poetic coming-of-age personal essay documentary on love and what it means to become human in the context of race, explored through the memories of Milisuthando herself – who grew up during apartheid but didn’t know it was happening until it was over.
A deeply intimate portrait of past, present and future South Africa, blending poetry, film, and photography into a striking cinematic essay, Milisuthando Bongela explores love, friendship, and belonging in a South Africa stratified by racism – proving that only if we understand its tentacles, can we begin to extricate ourselves from its clutches.
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Bristol: She Packs A Punch - The Bat Woman (La Mujer Murciélago)
She Packs a Punch celebrates the action-laden, camp and curious world of 1960s Mexican pulp cinema with two recently restored films from director René Cardona. Showcasing his flair for action, spectacle and lucha libre, they highlight some of the most captivating female action stars of the era.
The Bat Woman (La mujer murciélago) takes you on a rollicking ride through 1960s Mexican pulp cinema, where lucha libre meets superheroes meets The Creature from the Black Lagoon. In picturesque Acapulco, a series of wrestler murders prompts the enigmatic Bat Woman, played by Maura Monti, to investigate. A deranged scientist is behind the mayhem, capturing wrestlers for his twisted experiments, and it’s up to Batwoman, who is also a coral diver, a wrestler, a markswoman, and super spy, to stop him. Clad in a cape, cowl, and bikini, Monti delivers high-octane action and epic car chases.
As Warner has shelved their recent Batwoman film, this remains the only big-screen Batlady to date. The Bat Woman delivers a uniquely thrilling, action-packed blend of suspense, intrigue and camp, with Monti’s unforgettable performance as the one and only Batwoman, stealing the show.
Presented by feminist film collective Invisible Women and T A P E collective, She Packs a Punch highlights the important contribution of female action stars to Mexican cinema. While these titles do lean into the exploitation genre, they also serve a crucial role in bringing luchadoras—who were not allowed to compete in the ring at the time—onto the screen and into the spotlight that they deserved. These films offer a chance to rediscover and appreciate the powerful women who, as Batwomen, as werepanthers, or as wrestlers, were at the heart of the action in films that will find their place in the pulp cult canon.
Screening as part of Art of Action, a UK-wide film season supported by National Lottery and BFI Film Audience Network.
Special thanks to Viviana García Besné from Permanencia Voluntaria.