Join GP Surgery and Never Watching Movies in The Atrium Bar for a special screening exploring Black experiences of finding self-confidence, joy and how fashion links to affirming identity.

Our main film of the evening, shown digitally courtesy of Tape Collective, is African-American Director Ayoka "Ayo" Chenzira’s 1994 film “Alma’s Rainbow”, A coming-of-age comedy-drama about three African American women living in Brooklyn. The film explores the life of teenager Rainbow Gold (Victoria Gabrielle Platt) as she enters womanhood and navigates standards of beauty, self-image, and the rights women have over their bodies.

We will also be screening a rarely seen short experimental film “A Look to Kill” (1997) Directed by Obinna Nwosu on a 16mm film print courtesy of the LUX Moving Image Archive and joined by Film Projectionist John Wilders. This short 90’s comedy follows a fashionable man waiting at a south London bus stop for the arrival of his current romantic interest. His style goes hand in hand with his attitude that he has a “look to kill”. The film highlights music, dynamic colour,  and the role fashion plays in identity and confidence.

About the curators:

GP Surgery is a film collective founded by Jaison Washington (he/they) who is an independent film curator, archivist at LUX Moving Image, researcher, and filmmaker based in London. GP Surgery specialises in Experimental Film and Artist Moving Image as a means of catharsis, healing, and challenging our audience.

NWM presents screenings and events sharing diaspora, community and culturally significant movies. Founded by Zain Gibson

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Please note that whilst The Garden Cinema is wheelchair accessible, the cinema can only accommodate one wheelchair user in the Atrium.

Please visit The Garden Cinema’s accessibility page for more information about how to book this.