REEL UNITY PAIR: IS THE UK INNOCENT? Black Lives Matter / Ira Aldridge

IS THE UK INNOCENT? Black Lives Matter

Black people are nine times more likely to face stop and search than white people - 18 times more likely under Section 60, where no reasonable suspicion is required. There is the endless list of deaths in police custody - where no British police officer has ever faced prosecution. Black women are twice as likely as white women, and black men are 3.3 times as likely than white men, to die from COVID-19 in the UK.

Britain was the leading slaver nation, carrying 40% of all Africans transported between 1761 and  1807.

2021 BIBFF Official Reel

The 8th Annual Black Film Festival features over 80 films from 16 countries on October 6-11, 2021. We are proud to bring this amazing group of "Official Selections" to Baltimore City both in our Virtual Theatre and at the SNF Parkway Theatre in Baltimore's Station North Arts District. Enjoy the films and be sure to use the unique pairs and shorts programs to have you own #ReelUnity moment.

Ira Aldridge

This is the amazing true story of a black American actor from New York City in the 1800s who immigrates to Europe overcomes racism in the Shakespearian theater community and achieves worldwide fame....including becoming the first black man to perform Othello on a London stage.