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Archive Films (PG*) + Introduction

Second Sight

,Barbican Cinema 2
Omega Rising: Women in Rastafari, dir. D. Elmina Davis, UK, 1988. Credit Monika Baker

In association with LUX, ICO’s 2020 national film tour Second Sight explores the legacy, methods, aesthetic strategies and histories of the UK’s Black Film Workshop Movement.

The UK Black Film Workshop Movement developed throughout the 1980s. Against a backdrop of divisive national politics and civil unrest, filmmaking collectives created work exploring the Black community’s relationship to Britain’s colonial past.

Alongside new commissions from contemporary film artists, Second Sight brings key films from the period to UK screens, foregrounding the work of women filmmakers at Sankofa Film and Video, and Ceddo Film and Video Workshop.

Artist filmmaker Ayo Akingbade introduces Dreaming Rivers; Omega Rising – Women of Rastafari is introduced by Aleema Gray, Community History Curator at the Museum of London.

Tagged with: Cinema Second Sight

Dreaming Rivers
UK 1988 Dir Martina Attille, Sankofa Film and Video 30 min

Omega Rising – Women of Rastafari 
UK 1988 Dir D Elmina Davis, Ceddo Film and Video Workshop 50 min

Total event running time approximately 120 min

 

Image credit: Omega Rising: Women in Rastafari, Dir D Elmina Davis UK 1988 Credit Monika Baker

Programme

Dreaming Rivers

From Sankofa Film and Video, Dreaming Rivers illustrates the experience of migration by evocatively weaving together the ambition-fuelled dreams and memories of Caribbean-born Miss T. and her family.

Omega Rising Women of Rastafari

Rastafarian women talk about their relationship to the movement’s development in this film by Ceddo Film and Video Collective; exploring the religious group’s roots in Jamaica and its manifestation in late 1980s Britain.

Barbican Cinema 2

Location
Barbican Cinema 2 & 3 are located on Beech Street, a short walk from the Barbican’s Silk Street entrance. From Silk Street, you’ll see a zebra crossing that will take you across the road to the venue. 

Address
Beech Street
London
EC2Y 8DS

Public transport
The Barbican is widely accessible by bus, tube, train and by foot or bicycle. Plan your journey and find more route information in ‘Your Visit’ or book your car parking space in advance.