Theatrical releases

Black Orpheus (Orfeu Negro)

In 1959 Black Orpheus introduced the world to the music, sensuality and colour of Rio de Janeiro's Carnival and gave jazz hipsters a new, infectious style - the bossa nova. Based on a Brazilian play and inspired by the legendary Greek myth of Orpheus and Eurydice, Marcel Camus' dazzling second feature won both the 1959 Palme d'Or at Cannes and the Oscar for best foreign language film in 1960.

The Night of Truth (La Nuit de la vérité)

Set in an unnamed country racked by a decade-long genocidal civil war, The Night of Truth tells the story of the efforts of the opposing community leaders to overcome their differences. Despite the guilt, hatred and desire for vengeance felt by survivors on both sides, the two men are determined to look to the future but find it not so easy to put personal feelings aside.

Baadasssss!

Mario Van Peebles directs an amusing and revealing portrait of his iconoclastic father. The true story of one of black America's true film pioneers, Melvin Van Peebles, and his struggle to make the film that would become the highest grossing US independent film of 1971, which also kick-started the Blaxploitation revolution.