POP-CORN Presents: Black History Month on Film

Coinciding with Black History Month, Poplar Union are screening four films recognising and celebrating black history and culture.

Friday 6 October
Paris is Burning
dir. Jennie Livingstone (1990)

Time: 7pm-8.15pm (1hr 11min)
Cert: 15
A chronicle of New York’s drag scene in the 1980s, focusing on balls, voguing and the ambitions and dreams of those who gave the era its warmth and vitality.

WINNER: Sundance Grand Jury Prize
WINNER: GLAAD Media Award for Outstanding Film (Documentary)
WINNER: New York Film Critics Circle Award for Best Documentary
WINNER: National Society of Film Critics Award for Best Non-Fiction Film

Friday 13 October
Selma
dir. Ava DuVernay (2014)

Time: 7pm-9.10pm (2hr 8min)
Cert: 12a
A chronicle of Martin Luther King’s campaign to secure equal voting rights via an epic march from Selma to Montgomery, Alabama in 1965.

WINNER: NAACP Image Award for Outstanding Motion Picture
WINNER: BET Award for Best Picture
NOMINATED: Oscar for Best Motion Picture
NOMINATED: Golden Globe for Best Motion Picture – Drama

Friday 20 October
Amazing Grace
dir. Michael Apted (2006)

Time: 7pm-9.00pm (1hr 58min)
Cert: PG
The idealist William Wilberforce manoeuvres his way through Parliament, endeavoring to end the British transatlantic slave trade.

WINNER: Christopher Award for Feature Films
NOMINATED: Evening Standard British Film Award for Best Screenplay

Saturday 28 October
The Princess and the Frog
dir. Ron Clements & Jon Musker (2009)

Time: 2pm-3.40pm (1hr 37min)
Cert: U
A waitress, desperate to fulfill her dreams as a restaurant owner, is set on a journey to turn a frog prince back into a human being, but she has to face the same problem after she kisses him.

WINNER: African-American Film Critics Association for Best Screenplay
NOMINATED: Oscar for Best Achievement in Music Written for Motion Pictures, Original Song & Best Animated Feature Film
NOMINATED: Golden Globe for Best Animated Feature Film