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Johnnie Mae is a Harlem nurse, navigating her marriage, friends, family, and a secret lover; each complimenting her, but often threatening her stability in the pulsing rhythms of late-1970s Harlem.
As Sheffield DocFest 2026 has come to a close, running from June 10th-15th, let’s look back at the programme with BlackTrack’s recommendations!
As BFI Flare Film Festival 2026 has come to a close, running from the 18th to the 29th of March, let’s look back at the programme with BlackTrack’s suggestions!
Declaration of Independence
Dear Black People, Kedu! (Hi!) Let me introduce myself properly…my name is Priscilla Ikonnaya Igwe. I am a child of God, descended from the Igbo tribe, and a Sickle Cell Warrior…
Spotlight
Black Britain Unspoken, part of Warner Bros. Discovery (WBD) Access, the talent development division for underrepresented creatives, is returning for a third series in 2024…
DECODE
Johnnie Mae is a Harlem nurse, navigating her marriage, friends, family, and a secret lover; each complimenting her, but often threatening her stability in the pulsing rhythms of late-1970s Harlem.
Ma Frère / Summer Beats (2026) is a vibrant coming-of-age drama following lifelong friends Shaï and Djeneba as they take on roles as summer camp leaders.
A legacy of womanhood wrapped in cotton.
Mother Mary (2026) is a psychological thriller starring Anne Hathaway as Mother Mary - a distressed popstar, and Michaela Coel as Sam Anselm, a fashion designer who was once a close associate, now abandoned by the popstar.
probe
Kethiwe Ngobo’s And She Didn’t Die uncovers the radical journey of her mother Lauretta Nogobo from South African revolutionary to exile, who spoke of liberation through her transformative and feminist storytelling, to the cost of activism. Raising her children in rural South Africa and then becoming a headmistress in the UK, Lauretta's powerful works are told through incredible archive footage interwoven with her own words.
Hind Meddeb’s Sudan, Remember Us (2024) centres the exceptional human power of art, music and revolution of the Sudanese youth who resist the brutal regime of Omar Al-Bashir. Beginning in Khartoum just after the fall of the dictator in 2019, Meddeb documents the protests filled by art and poetry as they demand democracy and human rights. However, victory is soon overturned as a military ruthlessly dissolves the activist frontline and civil war breaks tears through the country. While this film does not end with victory, it definitely does not end in defeat - as we witness a generation, who are empowered by each other and we see an Africa not clouded by a worldview of poverty and strife, but of unity and courage.
Akinola Davies Jr.’s My Father’s Shadow marks a historic moment at the Cannes Film Festival as the first Nigerian film to premiere as part of the official selection…
Festivals
Johnnie Mae is a Harlem nurse, navigating her marriage, friends, family, and a secret lover; each complimenting her, but often threatening her stability in the pulsing rhythms of late-1970s Harlem.
As Sheffield DocFest 2026 has come to a close, running from June 10th-15th, let’s look back at the programme with BlackTrack’s recommendations!
As BFI Flare Film Festival 2026 has come to a close, running from the 18th to the 29th of March, let’s look back at the programme with BlackTrack’s suggestions!
Diminga strives to find her husband during a War of Independence that threatens to destroy her country and uproot her life.
Intel
Podcast
I began to consider archiving when I realised how much I had lost.
Hell of an opening statement huh?
Well, it’s the truth, and I’ve always felt that’s the best place to start.
Rewind to 2016 when the ‘Doggfather’ Snoop admonished any Black person prepared to perform at Donald Trump’s first inauguration, calling them, “Uncle Tom Ass N*gga”…
‘Revenge cinema’ encompasses films where protagonists seek retribution, often reflecting a broader narrative of empowerment and resistance against historical exclusion, particularly for Black and female creators…
The arts hold a profound power to connect us, reflecting our shared humanity and amplifying the voices of those too often silenced…
The New Black Film Collective recently welcomed filmmaker Geeta Gandbhir and activist Pamela Dias to London, for an intimate conversation about their Netflix documentary, The Perfect Neighbor. Gandbhir, who directed the film, is a longtime family friend of Dias, whose daughter, Ajike “AJ” Owens, was tragically killed in the incident that inspired the documentary.