African Odysseys

International Women’s Day: UK Premiere: Lorraine Hansberry: Sighted Eyes/Feeling Heart

+ intro Dr. Althea Legal-Miller, FHEA, Canterbury Christ Church University + Skype Q&A with director Tracy Heather Strain

This feature doc focuses on the Raisin in the Sun playwright, who was also a committed activist and sought-after intellectual.

This film is being exhibited free of charge to the public. The BFI requests a voluntary donation of £6.50 to help cover screening costs. Book paid tickets in advance, or book for free (subject to availability) on the day in person or over the phone.

Photograph: David Attie

USA 2017
Dir Tracy Heather Strain
With Sidney Poitier, Ruby Dee, Harry Belafonte, Louis Gossett Jr.
118min
Digital

To mark International Women’s Day, we screen a new documentary feature about Lorraine Hansberry, whose play Raisin in the Sun was the first by a black woman to be produced on Broadway. A passionate artist, she was also a committed activist and sought-after intellectual who waged an outspoken and defiant battle against injustice in 20th-century America.