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I Am Furious Black

9 October – 28 November 2026

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This retrospective traces the long-ranging career of the great William Greaves; filmmaker, producer and activist whose trailblazing work defied racial and artistic barriers across the 20th century.

Wealth Of A Nation
followed by David Greaves and Liani Greaves in conversation with Kodwo Eshun
William Greaves, 1964, 21 min, DCP
  • From These Roots
    William Greaves, 1974, 28
BarbicanFri 9 Oct · 18:30
Nationtime
William Greaves, 1972, 80 min, DCP
  • Voice of La Raza
    William Greaves, 1972, 39
BarbicanWed 21 Oct · 18:20
Symbiopsychotaxiplasm: Take One
Introduced by filmmaker Jessica Sarah Rinland
William Greaves, 1968, 75 min, DCP
BarbicanTue 27 Oct · 18:30Sat 7 Nov · 14:30
Miracle in Harlem
Jack Kemp, 1948, 69 min, 35MM
  • Souls of Sin
    Powell Lindsay, 1949, 64
BarbicanTue 3 Nov · 18:20
Lost Boundaries
Alfred L. Werker, 1949, 99 min, DCP
BarbicanWed 4 Nov · 18:20, 49:00
Black Journal
free screening of the sixth episode of Black Journal
1968, DCP
BarbicanSat 7 Nov · 13:00
In the Company of Men
William Greaves, 1969, 172 min, DCP
  • The Deep North
    William Greaves, 1988, 58
BarbicanWed 11 Nov · 18:30
Short Films by William Greaves 1959-1974
  • Emergency Ward
    William Greaves, 1959, 30
  • Wealth of a Nation
    William Greaves, 1964, 21
  • The First World Festival of Negro Arts
    William Greaves, 1966, 40
  • From These Roots
    William Greaves, 1974, 28
BarbicanFri 13 Nov · 18:30
Losing Ground
introduced by Taylor Le Melle
Kathleen Collins, 1982, 85 min, 35MM
BarbicanWed 18 Nov · 18:30
The Films of Madeline Anderson and St. Clair Bourne 1960-1974
DCP
  • Integration Report I
    Madeline Anderson, 1960, 24
  • I Am Somebody
    Madeline Anderson, 1970, 28
  • Let the Church Say Amen!
    St Clair Bourne, 1974, 67
BarbicanSat 21 Nov · 16:00
Short Films by William Greaves 1981-1988
  • Space For Women
    William Greaves, 1981, 32
  • Frederick Douglass: An American Life
    William Greaves, 1985, 33
  • Black Power in America: Myth or Reality?
    William Greaves, 1988, 58
BarbicanMon 23 Nov · 18:15
Ida B. Wells: A Passion for Justice
William Greaves, 1989, 54 min, DCP
  • Booker T. Washington: The Life and the Legacy
    William Greaves, 1986, 29
BarbicanTue 24 Nov · 18:30
Symbiopsychotaxiplasm: Take 2 ½
William Greaves, 2005, 99 min, DCP
BarbicanSat 28 Nov · 14:00