The politics of race in British screen culture over the last 30 years
vis-a-vis the institutional, textual, cultural and political shifts that
have occurred during this period.
Black Film British Cinema II considers the politics of blackness in
contemporary British cinema and visual practice. This second iteration
of Black Film British Cinema, marking over 30 years since the
ground-breaking ICA Documents 7 publication in 1988, continues this
investigation by offering a crucial contemporary consideration of the
textual, institutional, cultural and political shifts that have occurred
from this period. It focuses on the practices, values and networks of
collaborations that have shaped the development of black film culture
and representation. But what is black British film? How do such films,
however defined, produce meaning through visual culture, and what are
the political, social and aesthetic motivations and effects? How are the
new forms of black British film facilitating new modes of
representation, authorship and exhibition? Explored in the context of
film aesthetics*,* curatorship, exhibition and arts practice, and the
politics of diversity policy, Black Film British Cinema II provides
the platform for new scholars, thinkers and practitioners to coalesce on
these central questions. It is explicitly interdisciplinary, operating
at the intersections of film studies, media and communications,
sociology, politics and cultural studies. Through a diverse range of
perspectives and theoretical interventions that offer a combination of
traditional chapters, long-form essays, shorter think pieces, and
critical dialogues, Black Film British Cinema II is a comprehensive,
sustained, wide ranging collection that offers new framework for
understanding contemporary black film practices and the cultural and
creative dimensions that shape the making of blackness and race.
Contributors
Bidisha, Ashley Clark, Shelley Cobb, James Harvey, Melanie Hoyes, Maryam
Jameela, Kara Keeling, Ozlem Koksal, Rabz Lansiquot, Sarita Malik,
Richard Martin, So Mayer, Alessandra Raengo, Richard T. Rodríguez, Tess
S. Skadegård Thorsen, Natalie Wreyford
