12 Years A Slave (2013)
A free black man is abducted and sold into slavery.
Alex Wheatle (2020)
The true story of the award-winning writer, from childhood in a mostly white institutional care home to his early adult years.
Education (2020)
When 12-year-old Kingsley is transferred to a special-needs school, a group of West Indian women uncover an unofficial segregation policy.
Hunger (2008)
Examination of the events leading up to and during Bobby Sands' 1981 hunger strike. Winner of the Camera d'Or at Cannes.
Lovers Rock (2020)
A story set in London's West Indian community in the early 1980s.
Mangrove (2020)
The true story of the Mangrove Nine, the group of black activists who clashed with London police during a protest march in 1970 and their highly publicised trial that followed.
Red, White And Blue (2020)
A drama set in London's West Indian community.
Shame (2011)
A thirtysomething finds his life spiral out of control after his sister moves into his apartment.
Widows (2018)
Women left in debt by their dead husbands' crimes conspire to pull off a heist.
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