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📗 The World of Black Film: A Journey Through Cinematic Blackness in 100 Films out now via @laurencekingpub

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HAPPY PUBLICATION DAY TO ME! If you had told '90s Streatham teenage me, fresh from having my mind blown by Do The Right Thing, that in a couple of decades and change, @officialspikelee would be endorsing a book I had written—in his own truly inimitable lexical style—I'm not a hundred percent sure that I'd have believed you. But here we are, and it means the world to me. I want to thank everyone who's pre-ordered the book, spread the word, said nice things, and generally been supportive and there for me during its creation, which has been an intense process. It's a crazy feeling to actually have it all out of my head and, finally, in the world. The book would not exist without @lizfaber99, who commissioned it, @violettaboxill, who designed it, @mariaelenaveronica, who did the picture research, and @melsdanny, who was project editor. An amazing team at @laurencekingpub, with whom I was fortunate to work. Bonus third-slide 📸, taken by the very great @jennifertetteh: September 2009, the first time I ever met Spike, in the BFI Southbank green room. Spike was in town for the series "Fight The Power", programmed by @michaelhaydenjnr. I was working as a membership assistant at BFI then, and I remember the press team's generosity in letting me crash the party. Today feels like some kind of full circle moment. Happy reading! ✊🏾📽📗⚡️🔥 12 Feb 2026

As anyone who knows me will be aware, it takes a lot to make me smile like a guileless child, but the arrival of an advance copy of my new book, The World of Black Film: A Journey Through Cinematic Blackness in 100 Films (c/o @laurencekingpub), did the trick. I'm so proud of it, and it really does look incredible. For that, I'm so grateful for the ingenious design work of @violettaboxill. It is released on Feb 12 in the UK and worldwide on Feb 17. You can pre-order at the Linktree in my bio, and stay tuned for news about events and screenings in the new year! 27 Oct 2025

I am ecstatic to share news of my new book "The World of Black Film: A Journey Through Cinematic Blackness in 100 Films". It is published by @laurencekingpub on February 12, 2026 in the UK, and February 17, 2026 in the US. It is now available for pre-order on both sides of the Atlantic, and you can do so by clicking on the Linktree in my bio. I’m extremely proud of it, and I can’t wait to share it with you all. I began writing the book in early 2023, but in many ways it feels like something I’ve been working toward for a lot longer. What is it about? Here's a short excerpt from my introduction that goes some way toward explaining: "It would be interesting, I thought, to develop an introductory survey of Black film throughout history that, while certainly featuring a significant American presence, was genuinely global in scope, and explored how the medium of film has addressed links between Black people around the world, from the reverberations of the transatlantic slave trade and colonialism, to cultural exchange, migration, and intercontinental collaboration. This book should be accessible and inviting to non-experts, and informed by my own subjective experiences as a person who was born in London, England, in the mid-1980s, to a Black Jamaican-British father and a white Scottish-Irish mother, then moved to America to live in 2014. It should also serve as a culmination of sorts to my first decade and a half of professionally advocating for and presenting Black cinema." You'll be hearing a lot more about this (beautifully designed!) book from me in the coming months, but for now I want to offer my thanks and appreciation to some essential collaborators. I’ve been fortunate to work alongside a great team composed of: @lizfaber99 – commissioning editor @violettaboxill – designer @melsdanny – project editor @mariaelenaveronica – picture researcher I am endlessly grateful to John Akomfrah for providing an eloquent, personal foreword that brought a tear to my eye, and to legends @officialspikelee, @dash_julie, @mahamatsaleh.haroun & @markcousinsfilm for providing generous cover quotes. Thanks to everyone who's ever read, supported or shared my work! ✊🏽❤️ 31 Jul 2025

Thank you @_ash_clark and @negraanegra for an amazing conversation celebrating Ashley Clark’s new book “The World Of Black Film.” This book is easily a film lovers fav! Find signed copies in store. @barnesandnoble 08 Nov 2026

Coming soon! “The World of Black Film: Revolutions” is a new weekly film series, co-presented with Criterion Collection Curatorial Director Ashley Clark. The 1960s to the early 1980s represented an electrifying period in global Black cinema, as Black filmmakers began to step behind the camera in significant numbers for the first time. Clark’s selection of films captures the era’s explosion of styles and formal approaches—from a musical set on a slave ship, to a French New Wave-influenced fantasy-drama, to a vérité-style portrait of working class solidarity. For just $15, you’ll get a movie, snacks, and free gallery admission. Better yet, your ticket also unlocks a discounted price on Clark’s book, “The World of Black Film,” available for purchase at YBCA’s front desk. Films screen every Saturday at 2pm, from 11/14 through 1/16. Check out the full lineup today via the link in our bio. 04 Nov 2026

“West Indies: The Fugitive Slaves of Liberty” Med Hondo, 1979 Inside an abandoned Citroën factory in Paris, aboard a towering replica slave ship, Med Hondo staged one of cinema’s most audacious works: a musical epic confronting centuries of colonial violence and its echoes across Africa and beyond. It was the most expensive African film ever made at the time. It took seven years to complete, because Hondo refused to bend his vision for investors. The result is a dazzling rallying cry for liberation, and his crowning achievement. Now newly restored by the Harvard Film Archive and Ciné-Archives from the original 35mm negative. Introduced by Ashley Clark, Curatorial Director at the Criterion Collection, with a Q&A to follow. Stay after for a signing of his new book, “The World of Black Film”, on our third floor. 6th Annual Sag Harbor Cinema Festival of Preservation November 6 to 9 🎟 Link in bio #FestivalOfPreservation #SagHarborCinema #MedHondo #WestIndies 02 Nov 2026

Film lovers! You won’t want to miss this, we are so excited to host @_ash_clark in conversation with @negraanegra on Nov 8th at 3pm to celebrate “The World Of Black Film” - this book belongs on the shelf of every film lover, every student of cinema and everyone who believes in the transformative power of storytelling. @barnesandnoble @laurencekingpub 29 Oct 2026

🎬 NOVEMBER AT cinéSPEAK 🎬⁠ ⁠ November is full of events, screenings, and family programming across the city! Have your calendar planned out with cinéSPEAK! 🍿⁠ ⁠ 📽️ Palestine Cinema Days 2026: The Flowers Stand Silently, Witnessing & Foragers⁠ 📅 November 2⁠ ⏰ 7:00 PM⁠ 📍 @VoxPopuliGallery⁠ ⁠ 📽️ cinéSPEAK presents Daughters of the Dust—with Ashley Clark in person!⁠ 📅 November 9⁠ ⏰ 5:00 PM - 7:00 PM: Happy Hour⁠ ⏰ 5:00 PM - 6:30 PM: Meet and Greet and Book signing with Ashley Clark⁠ ⏰ 6:30 - 9:00 PM: Daughters of the Dust screening and a post-screening discussion with Ashley Clark and @BeReelBlackCinemaClub‘s Stephanye Watts⁠ 📍 @TwoLocals⁠ ⁠ 📽️ cinéKIDZ presents Earwig and the Witch — in partnership with @PhillyChildcareCollective!⁠ 📅 November 21⁠ ⏰ 12:00 PM⁠ 📍@freelibraryofwestphilly⁠ ⁠ Learn more and get tickets in the link in bio! 28 Oct 2026

THE HARDER THEY COME 🇯🇲, Perry Henzell’s path-breaking masterpiece starring and soundtracked by reggae legend Jimmy Cliff, screens on Thurs, 10/29 at 8:20 with a special introduction and book signing by Ashley Clark, author of “The World of Black Film.” Posters courtesy @posteritati Tickets at filmforum.org 22 Oct 2026

“It feels like one big orb of Black artistic creation and expression at that time.” 🎞️ Ashley Clark, Film programmer, critic, and author of THE WORLD OF BLACK FILM discusses the relationship, music, film and the Windrush generation. Pressure: Growing Up After the Windrush is now screening at TIFF Lightbox – including BABYLON, PRESSURE, and BURNING AN ILLUSION – as part of as part of TIFF Cinematheque. Tickets are free for TIFF Members - get yours at the link in our bio. 21 Oct 2026

🌊✨ Experience Julie Dash’s DAUGHTERS OF THE DUST on the big screen!⁠ ⁠ Join us for the last Movie Monday @TwoLocals in 2026!⁠ ⁠ Released in 1991, Julie Dash’s breathtaking film follows a Gullah family on the Sea Islands in 1902 as they wrestle with migration, memory, family, and the preservation of their cultural heritage.⁠ ⁠ On November 9, cinéSPEAK and @TwoLocals Brewing Company welcome @_ash_clark of the @CriterionCollection for a special presentation of the film, followed by a conversation with Stephanye Watts of @BeReelBlackCinemaClub. 🎬💬⁠ ⁠ 📚 Ashley will also be signing copies of his new book, The World of Black Film: A Journey Through Cinematic Blackness in 100 Films.⁠ ⁠ 🍻 Happy Hour + Book Signing: 5–7 PM⁠ 🎥 Film: 7 PM ⁠ 📍 Two Locals Brewing Company, West Philadelphia⁠ 🎟️ FREE admission, with donations encouraged!⁠ ⁠ Come celebrate Black cinema, film history, and one extraordinary work of American filmmaking. ❤️⁠ ⁠ 🔗 Reserve your spot at the link in bio! 15 Oct 2026

🚨THE WORLD OF BLACK FILM FALL EVENTS UPDATE!🚨 On Thursday 29 Oct, 8.20 at @filmforumnyc, I'll be introducing a screening of Perry Henzell's The Harder They Come [🇯🇲] ahead of a signing. On Saturday 7 Nov, I'll be heading to @sagharborcinema to introduce Med Hondo's West Indies [🇲🇷🇫🇷🇩🇿] at the venue's Festival of Preservation, and sign some books. Afternoon screening, exact timing TBD. Then it's on to Philly for an in-store talk and signing at the 1708 Chestnut Street branch of @bnphillypa at 3pm on Sunday 8 Nov. The following day, Monday 9 Nov, it's a long-awaited collaboration with the amazing folks at @cinespeak: a screening of Julie Dash's Daughters of the Dust [🇺🇸] at @twolocals, followed by a conversation with the great Stephanye Watts of @bereelblackcinemaclub, and a signing. 6.30pm start. Last but not least, I've put together a series for @ybca entitled The World of Black Film: Revolutions, with 2pm Saturday matinee screenings of eight classic films, starting on Saturday 14 Nov, and running into January. The films are: West Indies, Touki Bouki [🇸🇳], Black Girl [🇸🇳], The Woman With the Knife [🇨🇮], Sambizanga [🇦🇴], Mortu Nega [🇬🇼], Pressure [🇬🇧], and Burning An Illusion [🇬🇧]. I won't be in San Francisco for this program, but my spirit certainly will be, as will my book! It's been an incredible year of touring this book and I've been absolutely blown away by peoples' support and engagement. I'm looking forward to this last leg, seeing some of you around, and meeting some new people. Links/further info in the LinkTree in my bio. 🌎👊🏾📽 10 Oct 2026

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