the ONE nice thing about this time is that i’ve used it to watch lots of films directed by black women that have been on my radar for a while. here’s a lil thread of what i’ve been watching and, most crucially, where you can watch them in the UK:

drylongso (cauleen smith, 1998) watched on vimeo

i like it like that (darnell martin, 1994) bought on itunes

street 66 (ayo akinbade, 2018) watched on le cinema club but not sure if it’s still streaming there

little woods (nia di costa, 2018) streaming on amazon prime under the name “crossing the line” for some reason. wonder if it’s cos of the shop littlewoods lol

selah and the spades (tayarisha poe, 2019) streaming on amazon prime

a dry white season (euzhan palcy, 1989) watched on youtube

hopefully will be using this thread to counter the constant argument people make that black women either haven’t directed films or they’re impossible to find. there ARE less, they ARE harder to find, but often people just aren’t trying enough or don’t really care :)

sambizanga (sarah maldoror, 1973) watched on youtube

haven't finished watching it yet so this is cheating a wee bit BUT dhalinyaro (lula ali ismail, 2019) is leaving the online african film festival today i believe so def watch that if you get the chance!!

tender (felicia pride, 2020) watched on vimeo: https://vimeo.com/370104780 

unlocked (jazmin jones, 2020) watched on vimeo: https://vimeo.com/409393491 

colonial gods (dee rees, 2009) watched on youtube (available to view for a short time!):

WATA (ronan mckenzie and joy yamusangie, 2020) watched on 4:3 online festival https://fourthree.boilerroom.tv/session/joy-yamusangie-ronan-mckenzie-wata

also for more top picks, my pal @glitterygerman is also doing a thread of what they’re watching and where the films are streaming!! https://twitter.com/glitterygerman/status/1259088005282873344?s=21 https://twitter.com/glitterygerman/status/1259088005282873344

business as usual: hostile environment (alberta whittle, 2020) streaming on glasgow international festival website https://glasgowinternational.org/events/alberta-whittle/

this is the best thing i’ve watched during quarantine and i can’t recommend it enough. respectability will not save us!!

monangambée, et les chiens se taiseient and léon g. damas (sarah maldoror, 1969, 1978 and 1994) watched as part of @anothergaze's sarah maldoror 'the legacies of sarah maldoror' - sign up here to watch for free! https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/another-gaze-presents-the-legacies-of-sarah-maldoror-19292020-tickets-104474524114

a protest, a celebration, a mixed message (rhea storr, 2018) streaming for free on flatpack film festival website https://flatpackfestival.org.uk/our-projects/flatpack-2020-online/between-worlds/

cycles (zeinabu irene davis, 1989) streaming for free on 4:3 https://fourthree.boilerroom.tv/film/jenn-nkiru-presents-cycles

if you're getting annoyed with this thread...... boy have i got news for you...... it ain't going nowhere :)

professor marston and the wonder women (angela robinson, 2017) available to rent on itunes, amazon, google play etc

doll and silence (carol rodrigues, 2015) streaming on vimeo TW: graphic images, scenes of abortion https://vimeo.com/113716921 

a minor altercation (jackie shearer, 1976) streaming on http://archive.org 

this is literally the film version of fiona apple’s shameika but with both sides of the story lol

https://archive.org/details/aminoraltercation

lol literally just clocked that i tweeted the wrong link on this... tonight at 10pm UK time on the http://cinephobe.tv  - a programme of experimental shorts by black women programmed by @dozierayanna !!! https://twitter.com/dozierayanna/status/1261728960074956800

(had a break for a couple of days while i was rewatching twilight but now i'm back lol)

we give a lead to britain (rene matić, 2020) available to stream on arcadia missa's website until tomorrow!! http://arcadiamissa.com/we-give-a-lead-to-britain/

also legends @thewhitepube wrote their weekly text on alberta whittle and rene matić's films, both included in this thread, last week! https://www.thewhitepube.co.uk/alberta-rene 

boneshaker (nuotama bodomo, 2013) streaming on vimeo https://vimeo.com/183085974 

i am somebody (madeline anderson, 1970) streaming on youtube

1745 (moyo akande, 2017) streaming on vimeo https://vimeo.com/267991581 

happy birthday, marsha! (tourmaline and sasha wortzel, 2018) streaming on youtube until tomorrow

sidenote - i miss mya taylor. someone cast her in another film asap i beg!!

signs ( @yerotimibiu, 2019) streaming on the unlonely project for free https://artandhealing.org/signs/ 

integration report 1 (madeline anderson, 1960) streaming for free on le cinema club until thursday https://www.lecinemaclub.com/now-showing/integration-report-1/

the best is yet to come (abeena taylor-smith, 2020) streaming for free until monday as part of palm springs international shortfest https://www.psfilmfest.org/2020-shortfest/film-finder/the-best-is-yet-to-come

sweet sugar rage (sistren theatre collective, 1985) streaming on LUX archive’s website for free until 30 june https://lux.org.uk/online-exhibition/picturing-a-pandemic-part-4-sweet-sugar-rage

black meme (legacy russell, 2020) streaming for free on external pages http://externalpages.org/legacy-russell/black-meme

mwansa the great (rungano nyoni, 2011) streaming for free on @AiMfilmfest until tomorrow!! https://www.africa-in-motion.org.uk/aim-online/event/469/

salacia (tourmaline, 2019) streaming for free on MoMA's website until tomorrow!! https://www.moma.org/magazine/articles/360

briarpatch (anna pollack, 2019) streaming on le cinema club until thursday https://www.lecinemaclub.com/now-showing/briarpatch/

already tweeted about it but it's going on THE LIST too!! https://twitter.com/gracesimone/status/1281211675815882754

missy elliot ( @SelinaNThompson and toni-dee paul, 2020) streaming on vimeo https://vimeo.com/434300867 

something in the closet ( @nosaferatu, 2019) streaming for free on BFI player: https://player.bfi.org.uk/free/film/watch-something-in-the-closet-2019-online

REWATCH - gone too far! (destiny ekaragha, 2013) streaming on BFI player https://player.bfi.org.uk/rentals/film/watch-gone-too-far-2013-online

REWATCH - the watermelon woman (cheryl dunye, 1997) streaming on BFI player https://player.bfi.org.uk/subscription/film/watch-the-watermelon-woman-1997-online

down in the delta (maya angelou, 1998) streaming for free worldwide on criterion channel https://www.criterionchannel.com/down-in-the-delta/videos/down-in-the-delta

you may be wondering to yourself 'grace, i thought this was just a list you were doing during lockdown?' yeah good q but here we are lol. idk maybe i'll stop adding to this list once i go back to working in an office full time aka can't watch films while i work on 2 laptops

clemency (chinonye chukwu, 2019) rented via bohemia media (you can donate half the price of this to a charity of cinema, we picked death penalty project!) https://bohemiamedia.co.uk/clemency/#how-to-watch

fannie's film (fronza woods, 1981) streaming on national gallery of art's website for free until the end of the day!! https://www.nga.gov/film-programs/archival-focus.html.html?fbclid=IwAR21m5VWN_015sdSBiDfZwQ-CDd9pP4VKaBkrGyjzYGrLBx-GKhA_gNGezQ

tower xyz (ayo akinbade, 2016) and the battle of lewisham (nacheal catnott, 2017) both streaming for free until tomorrow morning as part of glasgow short film festival's DIVE IN: https://gsff.filmchief.com/hub/browse?back=viewing-details

mammmmmmmmywata presents life solutions international (alberta whittle, 2016) streaming via the showroom http://www.theshowroom.org/library/mammmmmywata-presents-life-solutions-from-alberta-whittle

the fat feeling (taliaa darling, 2019) streaming as part of microarts film festival until july 31st https://www.microactslondon.com/filmfest2020 

the remix: hip hop x fashion (lisa cortes and farah z, 2019) streaming on netflix https://www.netflix.com/title/81301825 

did u think i wasn't gonna include black is king on this? WRONG!!

black is king (beyoncé knowles-carter, kwasi fordjour, emmanuel adjei, blitz bazawule, ibra ake, jenn nkiru, jake nava, pierre debusschere, dikayl rimmasch, 2020) streaming on disney plus https://www.disneyplus.com/en-gb/movies/black-is-king/7daDvpFdBXPs

haven't updated this thread for ages BUT i've been watching so many great films by black women at @BlackStarFest this week!! highlights so far: in sudden darkness (duh!), wash day and dark city beneath the beat, which i need to see on the biggest cinema screen possible ASAP!!!