This film is part of Free
![](/sites/default/files/styles/landscape_480x270/public/hero-images/baldwins_nigger_1920.jpg?itok=uPRKDHId)
Baldwin's N*****
Horace Ové's striking portrait of the American writer James Baldwin at his sharp-witted best addressing a group of radical West Indian students in 1960s London.
Overview
Horace Ové's striking portrait of the writer James Baldwin at his sharp-witted best addressing a group of radical West Indian students in 1960s London. Accompanied by comedian and civil rights activist Dick Gregory, Baldwin discusses Black experience and identity in both Britain and America. Impassioned and entertaining, this is a fascinating snapshot of one of America's most powerful novelists and spokesman for a generation.
Related
![](/sites/default/files/styles/landscape_32x18/public/hero-images/f1694af1b7483bc830f23340ca10c4e1.jpg?itok=DFy_FxIq)
Blacks Britannica Blacks Britannica
Campaigning film 1978 57 mins Director: David Koff
British racism is discussed in the context of the class struggle in this powerful American documentary.
![](/sites/default/files/styles/landscape_32x18/public/hero-images/dread1.jpg?itok=-I-nI8X-)
Dread Beat and Blood Dread Beat and Blood
Biopic 1979 44 mins Director: Franco Rosso
Vibrant documentary portrait of dub poet and activist Linton Kwesi Johnson, fighting racism with the spoken word on the streets of 1970s Brixton.
![](/sites/default/files/styles/landscape_32x18/public/hero-images/30bff33be7acddbe68d811bb7f4ac21c.jpg?itok=tj_0eIDp)
Blood Ah Go Run Blood Ah Go Run
Documentary 1982 13 mins Director: Menelik Shabazz and Imruh Caesar
This documentary by Menelik Shabazz (Burning an Illusion) about the response to the New Cross Fire in 1981 prefigures the widespread social unrest later that year.
![](/sites/default/files/styles/landscape_32x18/public/hero-images/906b1cae0884b84568222eb31be45ebb.jpg?itok=T7F3UhKG)
Riots and Rumours of Riots Riots and Rumours of Riots
1981 34 mins Director: Imruh Caesar
Radical resistance in the postwar British Caribbean community, from the 1948 Nationality Act to the 1958 Brixton riots.
![](/sites/default/files/styles/landscape_32x18/public/hero-images/d79f379b05372494b1bfd2734ab3b5ff.jpg?itok=76BBPceS)
Welcome II the Terrordome Welcome II the Terrordome
Drama 1995 94 mins Director: Ngozi Onwurah
A ferocious dystopian nightmare, this was the first film directed by a Black British woman to receive a UK theatrical release.
![](/sites/default/files/styles/landscape_32x18/public/hero-images/9d2c54f58999da1adf21df1853d2b369.jpg?itok=Oxh2hfAQ)
The Hard Stop The Hard Stop
Documentary 2016 86 mins Director: George Amponsah
The story of Mark Duggan, who was shot and killed in Tottenham in 2011, is brought to the screen in this humane, thought-provoking and topical documentary.
![](/sites/default/files/styles/landscape_32x18/public/hero-images/5abf952c-e2ec-432d-a9a2-12fdd5bd2d9b.jpg?itok=qwVoBsNn)
Baltimore Q&A Baltimore Q&A
Short interview 2024 28 mins
Directors Christine Molloy and Joe Lawlor dig deep into their thrilling biopic Baltimore, in discussion with Nadia M Oliva.
![](/sites/default/files/styles/landscape_32x18/public/hero-images/image_0.jpg?itok=kuLgDrxs)
Joanna Scanlan - Exclusive Q&A Joanna Scanlan - Exclusive Q&A
Short interview 2024 51 mins
Actor and writer Joanna Scanlan talks to Mia Bays, director of the BFI's Filmmaking Fund, about her career in film and television.
![](/sites/default/files/styles/landscape_32x18/public/hero-images/Shoot-Your-Shot-02.jpg?itok=KREdlpBS)
Shoot Your Shot Shoot Your Shot
Drama 2022 12 mins
An emotional stand-off takes flight, as teen best friends Ronit and Brennan come to terms with navigating that fuzzy feeling in their stomachs, all whilst learning to skateboard.
![](/sites/default/files/styles/landscape_32x18/public/hero-images/%25E2%2580%258ELook-Like-You-02.jpeg?itok=2R3w9luT)
Look Like You Look Like You
Drama 2022 13 mins
While visiting the adoptive family of her eight-year-old biological son, Tara relays advice she gathered from growing up as a queer outcast.
![](/sites/default/files/styles/landscape_32x18/public/hero-images/Yellow-04.jpg?itok=Bt5NDkC8)
Yellow Yellow
Drama 2023 13 mins
In Taliban controlled Afghanistan, Laili walks into a Chadari store in Kabul to buy her first full body veil from a Talib shopkeeper and face a new future.
![](/sites/default/files/styles/landscape_32x18/public/hero-images/NEHEMICH-02.jpg?itok=ba9fjUy4)
Nehemich Nehemich
Drama 2023 23 mins
Banished in a dilapidated village hut during her menstruation, a young girl waits to elope with her lover.