Film at the BFI: two seasons: Working Class Heroes plus Black and Banned

Two major seasons: Working Class Heroes + Black and Banned.
1. Working Class Heroes in British films: Films made famous by new stars in remarkable leading roles in the socially mobile sixties when young working-class talent exploded through music, fashion and film, making gritty, funny ‘kitchen-sink’ drama. The "new wave" was over by the mid-1960s, but the revolution it inspired continues today.

2. Black and Banned season: films you were not allowed to see because the FBI warned exhibitors they were subversive. These films were censored because they challenged the ethical and political values of their day. Depending on availability, students will be invited to introduced screenings and discussions of films such as The Spook Who Sat By the Door and Goodbye Uncle Tom. Includes a special presentation by the season’s curator.

Weekly Schedule
1. 19/9 General Introduction to BFI Seasons covered: 'Working Class Heroes' and 'Black and Banned'

2. 26/9 Infiltrating Hollywood: Rise and Fall of The Spook Who Sat By the Door (documentary)

3. 3/10 London Film Festival co-ordinator’s preview + schedule of free daytime screenings. Intro to Working Class Heroes: Shallow Grave and the work of Danny Boyle

4. 10/10 (Study Room One) Black/Banned Films season summary by curator David Somerset on the wider challenge of programming such a season. African Odysseys.

5. 17/10 (Study Room One) Working class heroes: Woodfall Films- event with Kevin Brownlow, Mamoun Hussein, Charles Drazin.

6. 24/10 Morvern Caller: the work of Lynne Ramsay and Samantha Morton.

7. 31/10 Fish Tank: the work of Andrea Arnold and Katie Jarvis

8. 7/11 A Taste of Honey to The Arbor: the work of Shelagh Delaney and Andrea Dunbar

9. 14/11 The Long Good Friday/Mona Lisa/Alfie: Bob Hoskins & Michael Caine

10. 21/11 Poor Cow - Funny Cow - The Entertainer

11. 28/11 British way forward. Accessing BFI Mediatheque for further viewing and study.