Black History Month

The bfi National Library celebrates Black History Month with a special display until Friday 5 November 2004.

The display in our reading room showcases the best and most recently-published books we hold on Black culture and includes Black-British, African and African-American titles. Black people's impact on film, television, music and global media is covered, from the early twentieth century to the present day.

There is also a display of colourful contemporary pressbooks advertising selected films that are landmarks in Black film-making, including Pressure (the first Black British feature film), Burning and Illusion, Menace II Society and Boyz N The Hood. For the final week (1-5 November), the display will concentrate on the work of Issac Julien, Ousmane Sembene and Spike Lee.

Please visit to sample what the library has to offer - the display is only a small selection of what we hold.

Related links

Black History Month website News of events and activities taking place as part of Black History Month.

Black Pioneers Find out more about Black British film-makers from Screenonline, the definitive guide to Britain's film and TV history.