SBS Film Screenings to Celebrate Feminist Resistance and Community Power with BFI Support
Southall Black Sisters (SBS) is proud to present the second part in its Lights, Solidarity, Action series of film screenings through its “Inspiring Through Creativity” strand of the Community Engagement programme.
As part of International Women’s Month these films feature stories with women at the heart of the narrative and creative process.
SBS is a specialist ‘by and for’ Black, minoritised, and migrant women and girls’ organisation offering holistic, wraparound support and a national platform for policy, campaigns, and strategic litigation that empowers women and girls to live free from domestic abuse and violence against women and girls (VAWG). Its work spans advice, campaigning, legal support, and community-based empowerment rooted in intersectional feminist values.
SBS’s Support Group and Community Engagement programme allows service users and their children to participate in meaningful learning and recreational opportunities, such as seminars, English classes and creative arts projects, in order to enable them to heal and move forward.
The support from the BFI has enabled SBS service users to come together to experience powerful cinema as a collective. The films selected are Four Daughters (2023) by Kaouther Ben Hania and All We Imagine as Light (2024) by Payal Kapadia.
These award-winning films deal with the insidious nature of violence against women such as harmful practices where teenagers are groomed to be ISIS Brides, domestic labour and transnational abandonment in a profound way, and highlight the resilience and strength of the female protagonists.
The screenings take place on Wednesday, 4 March and Wednesday, 25 March in the afternoon at Ealing Picture House and booking is by invitation only.
Partners and Thanks
This programme is supported by Film Hub London, managed by Film London, as part of the BFI Film Audience Network, with National Lottery funding.
Refreshments will be provided.
Screening Schedule:
4 March | Four Daughters (Les Filles d’Olfa) (2023) by Kaouther Ben Hania (Introduction, screening & post show Q&A with Dr. Maryam Aldossari)
Running Time 107 minutes Certificate Guidance 15+ Arabic with English subtitles
This Oscar nominated film tells the story of Olfa Hamrouni, a Tunisian woman and mother of four daughters. One day, her two eldest daughters disappear. To fill their absence, director Kaouther Ben Hania calls upon professional actors and sets up an extraordinary film mechanism to unveil the story of Olfa and her family.
An intimate journey full of hope, rebellion, violence, intergenerational transmission, and sisterhood, which will question the very foundation of our societies.
25 March | All We Imagine As Light (2024) by Payal Kapadia
Running Time 118 minutes Certificate Guidance 15+ Malayalam/Hindi with English subtitles
Winner of the Grand Prix at Cannes, All We Imagine as Light is a beautiful, sweeping, emotional film that explores the complexities of female friendship and captures the frantic pace, vibrant colours, and the heady atmosphere of modern Mumbai.
In the city, thoughtful Nurse Prabha’s routine is upset when she receives an unexpected gift from her estranged husband. Her rebellious roommate, Anu, tries in vain to find a spot in the city to be intimate with her secret boyfriend. Parvaty fights to stay in her home without any requisite paperwork left by her late husband. A trip to a beach town allows them each to find a space for their desires to manifest.
Dates: 4 & 25 March
Time: 2.30 – 5.30pm
Venue: Ealing Picture House
Unit 8, Filmworks Walk
Ealing London, W5 5FA
(nearest tube Ealing Broadway)
Notes to Editors
About Southall Black Sisters (SBS)
Founded in 1979, SBS is a pioneering, not-for-profit organisation that advocates for Black, minoritised, and migrant women and girls facing violence and inequality. Through crisis intervention, long-term advocacy, and campaigning, SBS works to advance human rights, dignity, and freedom – addressing the intersections of race, gender, class, immigration status, and disability.
About Film Hub London and the BFI Film Audience Network
Film Hub London, led by Film London, is part of the UK-wide BFI FAN, working to bring diverse British and international cinema to local audiences. Backed by the National Lottery, FAN supports inclusive access to film through funding, training, and audience development. More: www.filmlondon.org.uk
Contact: Suman Bhuchar
Email: [email protected]
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