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Doc’n Roll: Anne Clark (15*) + ScreenTalk
Poet Anne Clark turned punk’s creative heat into eloquently cool soundscapes, whose influence, three decades on, is still felt among musicians in Europe and beyond.
Guildhall Jazz Voice Showcase
Singers from Guildhall’s Jazz course come together for an evening celebrating the range and emotional power of the jazz vocal.
Doc’n Roll: Shut up and Play Piano (15*) + ScreenTalk
Truth, fiction and mischief collide in this playful documentary as we follow the Grammy-winning Chilly Gonzales, for whom relentless self-doubt and gleeful megalomania are two sides of the same coin.
Pressure (15)
Co-written by Horace Ové and fellow Trinidadian novelist Samuel Selvon, this landmark work – Britain’s first black feature film – tells the story of a teenager caught between two cultures.
Anthony Joseph & friends - Windrush: A Celebration
70 years on from the HMT Empire Windrush’s arrival in Essex, British/Trinidadian poet, novelist and musician Anthony Joseph celebrates the seismic impact the Caribbean diaspora has had on UK culture.
Bobby McFerrin: Gimme 5
Bobby McFerrin performs his spontaneously composed choral piece Circlesongs with members of his group Voicestra, augmented by a 12-piece a cappella choir – and sometimes by the whole audience.
amiina: Fantômas
The Icelandic neo-classical string group perform their latest project, a melancholic and haunting soundtrack, live to a screening of ‘Juve Contre Fantômas’, one of the 1913 Fantômas silent series.
Archie Shepp: Art Songs and Spirituals
Free jazz pioneer and civil rights activist Archie Shepp presents a new project with contributions from Amina Claudine Myers and Carleen Anderson.
We Out Here, A LDN Story + Blue Notes and Exiled Voices (#)
A double bill that probes two breakthrough moments in the story of British jazz – and reflects a much wider picture of cultural shift.
The Jazz Ambassadors (PG*) + ScreenTalk
This documentary tells the little-known story of how the US used jazz as a Cold War secret weapon.
