In November 2021, Block Cinema screened Property (1978) by filmmaker Penny Allen. In Property, Penny Allen turns her lens to … More
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“Using the archive against itself”- Onyeka Igwe and Bimbola Akinbola in conversation
In Winter 2021 the Block Museum hosted a discussion between UK filmmaker Onyeka Igwe and Professor Bimbola Akinbola of the … More
“A workshop focused on issues that mattered”: A Conversation with Retake Film and Video Collective co-founder Ahmed Alauddin Jamal [Video]
This groundbreaking drama Majdhar (1984) was among the first to bring the inner lives and struggles of South Asian communities … More
“It becomes something else…”: Reece Auguiste on critical reflexivity and the interweaving of fact and fiction [Video]
For many, London is an imaginary landscape, a composite of images that circulate in art, literature, and popular culture. On November … More
“We all do come from a place”: A conversation with filmmaker Fox Maxy [Video]
On November 5, 2020 Block Cinema welcomed California-based artist Fox Maxy (Ipai Kumeyaay and Payómkawichum) for a screening and conversation … More
“At the center, a kind of care”: PJ Raval on intersectional storytelling
In November 2018 the Block Museum of Art welcomed documentarian PJ Raval for a conversation on his award-winning feature documentary … More
“How do we come to believe this is the way things have to be:” Filmmaker Brett Story on the politics of access and observation
In November 2019, The Block welcomed Toronto-based filmmaker Brett Story for two nights of her acclaimed documentary films and conversation … More
“Art is between us”: Mania Akbari on capturing poetry, collaboration, and transformation on film [Audio]
At age 30, Iranian filmmaker Mania Akbari was diagnosed with breast cancer and underwent a double mastectomy. A Moon For … More
“They said you can’t make a film like this”: Lizzie Borden on revolution, race, and radical action in”Born in Flames” [Audio]
Set in an alternate-reality socialist democratic United States, Lizzie Borden’s speculative fiction Born in Flames (1983) finds the country still … More
“I invest in myself and I make my films”: Jessie Maple on breaking boundaries and filmmaking [Audio]
Director Jessie Maple is a true trailblazer: the first African-American woman to join the International Photographers of Motion Picture & … More