Screen 25: Burning an Illusion

Friday 30 July 2021
19:45 to 22:00

A pioneering first feature from Menelik Shabazz, much of it shot around the Notting Hill and Ladbroke Grove communities, Burning an Illusion marked a coming of age for Black British cinema.

A film about transformation and identity, Burning an Illusion is a love story that traces the emotional and political growth of a young Black couple in Thatcher’s London. It was the first British film to give a central voice to a Black woman, charting her journey to emotional maturity, emancipation and political awakening.

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