HITSVILLE: THE MAKING OF MOTOWN
With a soundtrack that will have you dancing in your seat, if not in the street, Hitsville: The Making of Motown chronicles the astronomical success and enduring cultural impact of Motown Records.
NIGHTCLEANERS + Intro
'a landmark work of British political cinema, and of collective and feminist filmmaking.' that explores the highs and lows of the campaign to unionise women office cleaners in the 1970s.
HOOP DREAMS
This year is the 25th anniversary of this classic documentary film. Hoop Dreams follows two teenagers from inner-city Chicago as they work hard to escape systemic oppression and achieve the American Dream through professional basketball careers.
LEAFF: MY NAME IS KIM BOK DONG
London East Asia Film Festival present a heartfelt portrait of South Korean human rights activist Kim Bok Dong who fought for years for a formal apology from the Japanese Government for the abuse of women during WWII.
YOUR TURN
In the wake of Brazil’s economic and social crisis, students protest and occupy hundreds of schools. Inspired by the collective voice of the movement itself, Your Turn is narrated by three high school students, who represent the central points of their struggle.
ONE CHILD NATION
One Child Nation spirals from the personal impact of China’s one-child policy on director Nanfu Wang’s family and out into the all-encompassing and traumatic power it held over a nation.
BLOOMSBURY FESTIVAL SCREENING: APOLLO 11
Screening as part of the Bloomsbury Festival - an annual celebration of the area’s pioneering creativity. Inspired by the 50th anniversary of Neil Armstrong’s lunar landing, the 2019 Festival theme is Small steps and giant leaps.
SUZI Q
Suzi Q is the definitive, unexpurgated story of the girl from Detroit City who redefined the role and image of women in rock’n’roll when she broke through around the world in 1973.
gal-dem film club x RISE Collective: Your Turn + Poetry Intro
Part of our gal-dem film club series, join members from RISE Collective as they perform poetry in response to the film Your Turn before its screening on Thur 10 Oct.
SEA OF SHADOWS
Activists, marine biologists and the navy fight to save the world’s smallest whale from extinction as its habitat has been destroyed by Mexican cartels and Chinese Mafia who harvest the swim bladder of the Totoaba fish, the ‘cocaine of the sea’.
AMA-SAN
In Wagu, a fishing village in the Ise Peninsula of Japan a group of women free-dive everyday not knowing what they’ll find. The Ama-San have been diving like this in Japan for over 2000 years.
ON THE PRESIDENT'S ORDERS
Shot in the style of a Hollywood thriller, this is the searing story of President Duterte’s bloody campaign against drug dealers and addicts in the Philippines, told with unprecedented and intimate access to both sides of the war.
THE GENIUS AND THE OPERA SINGER + Q&A
An unsettling portrait of a mother-daughter relationship - a 92-year-old former opera singer and her volatile daughter who have inhabited a rent-controlled Manhattan penthouse for the last fifty-five years - along with their obese chihuahua, Angelina Jolie.
BIRDS' EYE VIEW PRESENTS: FOR SAMA
A letter from young mother Waad al-Kateab to her baby daughter Sama, to whom she gave birth on the front line of cataclysmic conflict in Aleppo.
MOTHER
Two narratives collide in a small village in Thailand. Pomm takes care of Europeans with Alzheimer’s, while a family prepares to leave Switzerland, in this moving observation of motherhood and care.
SWARM SEASON
On the remote volcanic island of Hawaii, 10-year-old Manu and her mother collect wild, endangered bees in order to breed disease-resistant colonies, while her father protests developments on sacred mountain Mauna Kea.
gal-dem Film Club: Shakedown + Panel
gal-dem takeover the DocHouse screen with a screening of Shakedown + panel discussion.
EXTINCTION REBELLION PRESENTS: THE MOON AND THE SLEDGEHAMMER + Q&A
Filmed 50 summers ago, The Moon and the Sledgehammer is a poetic and eccentric classic of British nonfiction filmmaking, that we’re excited to be screening on the Autumn Equinox.
SAMOUNI ROAD
A family prepares to celebrate a wedding in a war-torn farming community outside of Gaza City.
WHAT SHE SAID: THE ART OF PAULINE KAEL
It’s near impossible to build a career as a female film journalist, but Pauline Kael defied the odds. Never a dull read, the long-time New Yorker film critic and best-selling author was a force to be reckoned with.
EYE ON THE BALL + Q&A (WORLD PREMIERE)
A moving portrait of the Malaysian blind youth football team, as they strive to qualify for the world championships, overcome obstacles along the way, and ultimately reach for their dreams.