Date and Time
- Saturday, Nov 14, 2026 2pm
Location
YBCA Forum
701 Mission St, San Francisco, CA 94103
Details
During a wave of decolonization movements and blossoming radical political consciousness, the 1960s to the early 1980s represented an electrifying period in global Black cinema. For the first time, Black filmmakers began to step behind the camera in significant numbers—to artfully explore urgent questions of memory, migration, politics, identity, and rebellion. Curated by author, programmer, and Criterion Collection Curatorial Director Ashley Clark, this series captures the thematic and stylistic diversity of the era. The series draws from Clark’s expansive new book The World of Black Film: A Journey Through Cinematic Blackness in 100 Films, an entertaining, informed, and thought-provoking survey of important and influential Black films spanning more than 100 years and 30 countries. Copies of Clark’s book will be for sale at the front desk, at a discounted price for movie-goers.