{"id":3898,"date":"2017-10-03T10:46:48","date_gmt":"2017-10-03T10:46:48","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/imjussayin.com\/blog\/?p=3898"},"modified":"2017-10-03T10:46:48","modified_gmt":"2017-10-03T10:46:48","slug":"bfi-london-film-festival-2017","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/imjussayin.com\/blog\/bfi-london-film-festival-2017\/","title":{"rendered":"BFI London Film Festival 2017"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/imjussayin.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/10\/BFI-Film-Fest-10-Dolores-www.imjussayin.com_.jpg\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"3900\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/imjussayin.com\/blog\/bfi-london-film-festival-2017\/etks3653204\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/imjussayin.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/10\/BFI-Film-Fest-10-Dolores-www.imjussayin.com_.jpg?fit=830%2C467&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"830,467\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;Coachella, CA: 1969. 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And there are some good black films being shown. \u00a0Just in time for the 30th anniversary of black history month. \u00a0So, can you see them all? \u00a0Not likely but there are some highlights not to be missed.<\/p>\n<h2>In Time For Black History Month<\/h2>\n<p>Amongst them is <a href=\"https:\/\/whatson.bfi.org.uk\/lff\/Online\/default.asp?doWork::WScontent::loadArticle=Load&amp;BOparam::WScontent::loadArticle::article_id=142419F9-C250-4775-8D8F-27E8A5924DC5&amp;BOparam::WScontent::loadArticle::context_id=D178F72F-0B66-434F-813D-C7FBC76FF1E8\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Saturday Church<\/a>,\u00a0it follows the life of the teenager Ulysses. His father had died and his mother working nights. \u00a0So, he has to stay with his mean and controlling aunt. She is determined to shame him out of his desire to wear his mother\u2019s clothes and forces him to be his unruly young brother\u2019s keeper.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/whatson.bfi.org.uk\/lff\/Online\/default.asp?doWork::WScontent::loadArticle=Load&amp;BOparam::WScontent::loadArticle::article_id=251A3276-3AF5-462F-A094-F005563DC3FB&amp;BOparam::WScontent::loadArticle::context_id=C974EF28-1BC9-496F-B275-95B59160480E&amp;utm_source=The+Voice+database&amp;utm_campaign=bbf5341baa-EMAIL_CAMPAIGN_2017_09_28&amp;utm_medium=email&amp;utm_term=0_a063643c9e-bbf5341baa-162724737\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Mudbound<\/a> offers us a much transformed Mary J Blige. \u00a0Set in the Deep South in 1940&#8217;s America, it is about the friendship of\u00a0two Second World War veterans and their families.\u00a0One black, one white. It is a searing racial drama about two families.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/whatson.bfi.org.uk\/lff\/Online\/default.asp?doWork::WScontent::loadArticle=Load&amp;BOparam::WScontent::loadArticle::article_id=41B24DAD-F4D8-4D73-BD45-E59F485E4C41&amp;BOparam::WScontent::loadArticle::context_id=F79BF697-E942-45AF-8609-E56D596CE692&amp;utm_source=The+Voice+database&amp;utm_campaign=bbf5341baa-EMAIL_CAMPAIGN_2017_09_28&amp;utm_medium=email&amp;utm_term=0_a063643c9e-bbf5341baa-162724737\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Roller Dream<\/a> is also one to watch. \u00a0It is about the trailblazers of Venice Beach\u2019s roller-dancing scene\u00a0and the system attempting to crush it. \u00a0While racially motivated police violence, gang warfare, and unrest blazed through inner-city Los Angeles, Venice Beach was a hub of trailblazing creativity and a haven for young African-Americans. \u00a0 Before the iron fist of the LAPD bore down and gentrification whitewashed the beach.<\/p>\n<h2>BFI My Pick<\/h2>\n<p>The BFI has selected<a href=\"https:\/\/whatson.bfi.org.uk\/lff\/Online\/default.asp?doWork::WScontent::loadArticle=Load&amp;BOparam::WScontent::loadArticle::article_id=AA741F9A-7537-4C23-8A18-92548B8BE561&amp;BOparam::WScontent::loadArticle::context_id=B80A4D62-6EAB-4242-ADB3-8A7068841257\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"> Breathe<\/a> to kick off the festival. It&#8217;s an inspirational love story about two indomitable people who defy the odds and pave the way for change. \u00a0But the pick for me is <a href=\"https:\/\/whatson.bfi.org.uk\/lff\/Online\/default.asp?doWork::WScontent::loadArticle=Load&amp;BOparam::WScontent::loadArticle::article_id=F5244678-A2F4-4C0F-8B85-C65DA1E04DD8&amp;BOparam::WScontent::loadArticle::context_id=59571F70-997F-4C00-9B35-E6997F8FF324\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Dolores<\/a>. Peter Bratt\u2019s inspiring and intimate documentary salutes the life and achievements of little-known but indomitable civil rights activist Dolores Huerta. \u00a0Dolores founded and led the first farm workers\u2019 union, completely transforming the US labour scene.<\/p>\n<p>But like so many strong women who dare to challenge the establishment, she was attacked on grounds of her gender and ethnicity. Even as she worked tirelessly to empower a generation of immigrant workers to stand up for their rights, she was undermined and side-lined by unfair and untrue allegations regarding her private life and personal conduct as a Latina woman, wife, and mother.<\/p>\n<p>There is lots to see and do and plenty on Black History Month too. 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