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A Story of Bones (12A)

— ,Cinemas 2 & 3

The moving documentary about Annina van Neel's work to reclaim and honour the neglected history of St. Helena after the remains of thousands of enslaved Africans are uncovered on the island.

As Annina van Neel, the Chief Environmental Officer for Saint Helena’s troubled £285m airport project, learned of the island's most terrible atrocity – an unmarked mass burial ground of an estimated 9,000 formerly enslaved Africans in Rupert’s Valley. It is one of the most significant traces of the transatlantic slave trade still on earth.

Annina fights alongside renowned African American preservationist Peggy King Jorde and a group of disenfranchised islanders – many of them descendants of enslaved people – for the proper memorialisation of these victims. The resistance they face exposes disturbing truths about the UK’s colonial past and present. 

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USA 2022 dirs Joseph Curran and Dominic Aubrey de Vere

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Cinemas 2 & 3

Location
Barbican Cinema 1 is located within the main Barbican building on Level -2. Head to Level G and walk towards the Lakeside Terrace where you’ll find stairs and lifts to take you down to the venue floor.   

Address
Barbican Centre
Silk 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.