As part of the Undocumented project, The New Black Film Collective and London’s Screen Archives are pleased to present:
Custodians Of The Archives: Shaping Our Future Histories
Curated by the 2025–2026 Undocumented cohort, this gathering focuses on "our previous history and amplifying the archives" through a memory and identity workshop, reflections on archives in artistic and community practices, and a programme of screenings, including the premiere of Monalisa Chukwuma’s short film Custodians and Black Is Beautiful: The Kwame Brathwaite Story.
The White Box is available all day to rest, watch home movies and read a collection of Ambassadors reflections in a zine edited by Dominique Vincent.
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Identity Needs Memory: Shaping Our Archives | Workshop
11.30am-1pm, in the Production Studio
Identity Needs Memory: Shaping Our Archives is a workshop led by lighting focused filmmaker and technical artist Ibiwunmi Balogun. This workshop emerges from the struggles of being on a journey of growth, self-acceptance and self-love. At its heart, it defines a life journey that at every stage always be where it needs to be, and that is guided by an archival map that allows its user to engage with their memory and identity in a wholesome and hopeful way.
By participating in this workshop you’ll be open to looking inward and through time to understand what shape your personal archive takes.
Aims:
Determine one’s link between their memories and their identity
Visualising one’s personal understanding of their life journey
Developing a personal guide for one’s archive for them to look back on life through hope and with their memory and identity as anchors"
GaDangme in Britain: Adapting Beyond the Homeland | Home Movies Screening and Panel Talk
1-2pm in the Cinema Room
GaDangme Researcher and Medical Herbalist Naa Adjeley Tsofanye shares footage from Nikasemo Asafo, one of the first charities dedicated to teaching and celebrating GaDangme culture in the UK. Footage contains Homowo, Ngmayem and Asafotufiam celebrations, highlighting the joy and dedication of the organisers who now in their 70s continue to educate people on the history, complexities and traditions of GaDangme people. Join Naa Adjeley and members of the GaDangme community in an exploration and reflection of the preservation of tangible and intangible cultural practices.
Please note, there is no activity between 2-3.30pm but you are welcome to join us for some food, explore home movies in Bloc Cinema's white box, read the zine and socialise.
The Black Archive is Alive | Panel
3.30pm-5pm, in the Cinema Room
Join Memory Worker and Ambassador Hayley Reid for a panel discussion with artists, curators, and memory workers exploring cultural production and community archives. The conversation will focus on how creative practice can activate the archive and help build living histories, centring Black history in London and beyond."Including the premier of Monalisa Chukwuma's short film and photographic project 'Custodians' celebrating the 2025 Screen Heritage Ambassadors and the work of preserving Black home movies.
Black is Beautiful: The Kwame Brathwaite Story | Screening
5.30-7.30pm, in the Cinema Room
Everyone knows the phrase “Black is Beautiful,” but few know of the man who helped popularise it. Little known Harlem based photographer - freedom fighter and activist - Kwame Brathwaite took 500,000 photos across his 70-year career, always devoted to celebrating the joy and beauty of African American life. This feature documentary tells the story of Kwame and the “Black is Beautiful” movement.
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Tickets are free and booking is required. However, spots may be available on the day.
No children under 15 years old allowed.
This screening is part of the Undocumented programme with the support of London’s Screen Archive.
