BFI National Library & Education

Black World teaching resource

bfi Education has produced online educational support materials based on the films Pressure and Burning An Illusion, which were released by the bfi on DVD. The BFI resource are available for free on the bfi website for use in schools and informal education environments; Joel Karamath is the author of the notes.

Film & TV Database

Find details on black film, television, film-makers and actors in our database which contains information on over 810,000 film and television titles, 1.2m people, 210,000 organisations and 23,000 events such as festivals and awards from all over the world dating back to the beginning of film production.

bfi National Library

The bfi National Library has hosted a number of displays on black music, African American cinema including Baadasssss!, performers such as Paul Robeson and film-makers like the esteemed Ousmane Sembene.

16+ Source Guide

• Black British Film and Television (2000)

Library Displays

• Black History Month display (2007)
• Black World display (2005)
• Black History Month display (2004)

Reading Lists

• Black Screen Icons booklist (PDF, 77k)
• African American cinema reading list (PDF, 67k)
• African cinema reading list (PDF, 65k)
• Ousmane Sembene reading list (PDF, 82k)
• Africa: Films and Television (PDF, 33k)
• Black Representation in cinema and television (PDF, 24k)