David Somerset

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Walkabout

British cinema considers civilisation, its destruction of other cultures and its own ultimate demise, through a simple love story

Winstanley

Obsessive compulsive cinematic brilliance

My Brother's Wedding

Charles Burnett is the poet of African US cinema

Babylon

Should never have been funded – exec producer Mamoun Hassan put his career on the line to make a film which captured Black youth at a time when society at large was trying to crush them. Chris Menges' photography, a nuanced script and a slice of unseen life all contribute to its continuing standing.

Orfeu negro

Cinematic and poetic expression of defiance and oppression by New World Africans.

My Childhood

Cinematic poetry that rarely gets a chance to breathe… on this rare occasion, with minimal funding, it became a Venice winner.