BFI Southbank Programme Notes

Controversy

These screenings will be introduced by John Ranelagh and Rod Stoneman Jesus: The Evidence (1984) In 1983 London Weekend Television proposed and I commissioned a three-part documentary series about...

September 24, 2022 | CHANNEL 4
40 YEARS OF REVOLUTION

In Front of Your Face

SPOILER WARNING The following notes give away some of the plot. Have you ever done a handstand and realised the world looks completely different upside down? Change your perspective and everything...

September 23, 2022 | NEW RELEASES

Channel 4 - The Television Revolution

Panellists: Commissioners Caroline Thomson, Paul Bonner, Peter Ansorge, Karin Bamborough, John Ranelagh and Farrukh Dhondy Members of the original Channel 4 Commissioning team come together to exp...

September 23, 2022 | CHANNEL 4
40 YEARS OF REVOLUTION

BUG 64

Welcome to a brand new episode of BUG at BFI Southbank, and another edition of outstanding work from the world of music videos, presented by Adam Buxton. This is the 64th episode of our show – whic...

September 23, 2022 | EVENTS

Fargo

‘We wrote the part of Carl specifically for Steve (as we wrote the parts of Marge for Fran, and Grim for Peter) because somehow it was appropriate that amongst all these second-generation Scandinav...

September 22, 2022 | BIG SCREEN CLASSICS

Inside Man

+ Q&A with creator, writer and executive producer Steven Moffat, director Paul McGuigan and stars David Tennant, Dolly Wells, Lydia West and Stanley Tucci. Hosted by Boyd Hilton Everyone’s a m...

September 21, 2022 | TV PREVIEW

Access / Direct Speech

This event will also now include Deborah Wearn discussing (with clips) how Channel 4’s access policy allowed her to present a 1982 on-screen piece about Sexism in Rock. Access programmes commissio...

September 20, 2022 | CHANNEL 4
40 YEARS OF REVOLUTION

Silent Land

+ Q&A with director Aga Woszczyńska Aga Woszczyńska on ‘Silent Land’ In Silent Land , your feature debut set during summer holidays, you deal with dark subjects in broad daylight. What you c...

September 18, 2022 | WOMAN WITH A MOVIE CAMERA PREVIEW

The Silent Twins

+ Q&A with actors Tamara Lawrance and Letitia Wright June and Jennifer Gibbons were not always silent. Born in 1963, their early childhood involved following wherever the RAF work of their fat...

September 17, 2022 | S.O.U.L. FEST

Original Gangstas

The story of Original Gangstas is built round a confrontation with the imagery of gang violence, and the first indication of its revisionist intent is the fact it’s produced by Fred Williamson’s ow...

September 16, 2022 | PAM GRIER
FOXY, FIERCE AND FEARLESS

On the Come Up

On the Come Up is based on the New York Times #1 best-selling novel by Angie Thomas (The Hate U Give) and is the feature directorial debut of Emmy-nominated actress Sanaa Lathan. On the Come Up wi...

September 16, 2022 | S.O.U.L. FEST

Moonage Daydream

How do you encapsulate the life of David Bowie in a way that mirrors the ingenuity, invention and creative brilliance of the man himself? Across seven feature documentaries, Brett Morgen has refine...

September 16, 2022 | SOUND AND VISION

The Life of Oharu

SPOILER WARNING The following notes give away some of the plot. The tragic fate of women, mistreated by family, lovers and society, is a recurrent topic in Kenji Mizoguchi’s filmography, and The L...

September 15, 2022 | KINUYO TANAKA - A LIFE IN FILM

Out and Proud

These screenings will be introduced by original Channel 4 Commissioner Caroline Spry Channel 4’s groundbreaking commissioning of programmes catering to the interests of gay men and lesbians was a...

September 15, 2022 | CHANNEL 4
40 YEARS OF REVOLUTION

Cléo from 5 to 7

SPOILER WARNING The following notes give away some of the plot. Agnès Varda came up the hard way. Starting as official photographer for the Théâtre National Populaire, she somehow managed to finan...

September 13, 2022 | BIG SCREEN CLASSICS

All In!

+ intro by film historian Mark Newell The Aldwych farce was born 100 years ago, sparking a hugely successful series of British stage comedies and, with the advent of sound, launching the film care...

September 13, 2022 | PROJECTING THE ARCHIVE

Diversity

Panellists: Filmmaker John Akomfrah; Channel 4 Head of Creative Diversity Naomi Sesay; Commissioner Sue Woodford-Hollick; Shyama Perera (chair). Channel 4 has always connected with those communit...

September 12, 2022 | CHANNEL 4
40 YEARS OF REVOLUTION

A Very British Coup

Introduced by author Chris Mullin Although set in the near future, Channel 4’s series A Very British Coup carries echoes of the Wilson/Callaghan era. It is based on the novel by Labour MP Chris Mu...

September 11, 2022 | CHANNEL 4
40 YEARS OF REVOLUTION

Channel 4's TV Drama Revolution

Panellists: actors Robert Lindsay and Lindsay Duncan, original Drama Commissioners Peter Ansorge and Karin Bamborough, and current Channel 4 Drama Commissioning Editor Gwawr Lloyd. On 2 November...