The June Givanni PanAfrican Cinema Archive is touring an exhibition to Hyde Park Picture House, to display items and materials of PanAfrican cinematic and curatorial history. 

Come along between 12pm – 5pm on Saturday 11 October to see and engage with the materials and meet June Givanni herself to discuss the legacies of PanAfrican film curation and histories.

Please book a FREE SPACE so we know how many people are attending, but you can also just show up on the day.

The June Givanni PanAfrican Cinema Archive (JGPACA) was set up officially in 2013, and is a living archive that preserves and values the history of Black cinema globally. At its core is the interest of Pan-African cinema and its relationship with Black British cinema and culture. To date, the JGPACA holds more than 10,000 items, connecting African film with the film cultures of diaspora communities in the Americas, the Caribbean and Europe. The archive’s collection, which encompasses the rich history of Black British arts with roots in the African diaspora, is evidenced in its international and global perspectives.

The archive provides a crucial knowledge base to films and filmmakers, linking the pre-digital age through to contemporary achievements. JGPACA is a unique collection of items, objects and components: films and programmes recorded on video and DVD, photographs, audio interviews, posters, scripts, paper documents, books, journals, film and festival publicity materials and memorabilia. Its Pan-African focus makes it a key resource for those interested in diaspora histories.

Following the exhibition there will be a screening of Horace Ové’s Playing Away (1987), with an introduction by the JGPACA team and space for audience discussion afterwards.