11th BFM International Film Festival 2009
This year we are happy to be a part of the largest and longest-running platform for black world cinema in the UK, with features, documentary and shorts representing the experiences of people of African origin across the world.
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Empire of Cricket: West Indies
7 November 2009
This documentary presents a history of the West Indies through cricket, revealing how clubs across the Caribbean once operated a kind of sporting apartheid.
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Underground Shorts
7 November 2009
Friends, family, work and city living are the key themes in this programme of shorts.
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Alternative Shorts & Q&A
8 November 2009
Religion, war, slavery and art – huge themes are deftly, lightly handled in this shorts programme.
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Cry for Mercy & The Family Legacy & Miss Sgodiphola
8 November 2009
Cry for Mercy is a shocking and revealing documentary which highlights the plight of Nigeria’s abandoned children.
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The Prodigal Son
8 November 2009
South African filmmaker Kurt Orderson traces the lost history of his great-grandfather.
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The Novelist & Q&A
9 November 2009
Jerry Downing is a writer trying to get his first novel published and spending his days watching TV.
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The End of Poverty?
9 November 2009
This documentary forces us to consider our own part in a problem that will not just go away.
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Dead Weight
10 November 2009
With the death of her mother, Hewan thought she was going to be able to finally bury the memories of her teenage years in Ethiopia.