Angola 3 Herman Wallace, Albert Woodfox and  Robert King, have spent almost a century between them in solitary confinement in  Angola, the Louisiana State  Penitentiary. Herman and Albert are still held in solitary confinement today  after thirty eight years.  How could this be? In America…In Obama’s America? The film will be followed by a discussion [...]

He’s been described as  ‘Borat in reverse’ but Dan Edelstyn is a one of a kind.  Adventurer, visionary, documentary and film maker, entrepreneur, self proclaimed time traveler and fantasist.  Fantasist?  Young Edelstyn believed he could meet up with the father he lost at a young age, through time travel. But it’s Edelstyn’s current projects, that [...]

If you need confirmation on how alive the arts are in Hackney Borough, you only have to look at the array of festivals being held in various parts of Hackney over the summer. So it is only fitting that Hackney has its own film festival.  The 1st annual Hackney Film Festival, is to be held [...]