Black is Beautiful: The Kwame Brathwaite Story
2025 · dir. Yemi Bamiro · 98 min
Everyone knows the phrase “Black is Beautiful,” but few know of the man who helped popularize it. Little known Harlem based photographer - freedom fighter and activist - Kwame Brathwaite took 500,000 photos across his 70-year career, always devoted to celebrating the joy and beauty of African American life. This feature documentary tells the story of Kwame and the “Black is Beautiful” movement.
8 screenings at 2 London cinemas across 5 days
Where to see it
Curzon Bloomsbury · Bertha DocHouse
Wednesday 14 October
Saturday 10 October
Sunday 11 October
Monday 12 October
Tuesday 13 October
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