{"title": "Kanopy Film Screening: Black Boys followed by discussion", "start": "2026-11-02T14:30:00Z", "end": null, "place": "Minet Library and Lambeth Archives", "address": "Knatchbull Road 52, SE5 9QY London", "price": "", "price_from": "0.00", "price_to": "0.00", "category": "talks-readings", "tags": ["film/documentary", "history/black-history"], "description": "A screening of the film Black Boys followed by a discussion on its themes and how a British audience can relate to it. The film illuminates the spectrum of black male humanity in America, an intimate, inter-generational exploration of Black identity and opportunity at the nexus of sports, education and criminal justice, directed by Sonia Lowman. The event takes place at Minet Library and Lambeth Archives on Knatchbull Road in London, held as part of Black History Month.", "url": "https://noky.io/en/london/events/kanopy-film-screening-black-boys-followed-by-discussion-91472/", "official_url": "https://www.lambeth.gov.uk/events/kanopy-film-screening-black-boys-followed-discussion", "image": "https://noky.io/images/938684d7ef4315ce36edeecaa3e39db71eb1c9693620d8917dbcf6e0db452c8d-1200.webp", "dates": [{"start": "2026-11-02T14:30:00Z", "end": null, "place": "Minet Library and Lambeth Archives", "address": "Knatchbull Road 52, SE5 9QY London", "tickets": ""}], "similar": [{"title": "Black Boys", "start": "2026-11-02T00:00:00Z", "end": null, "place": "", "address": "", "price": "Free", "price_from": "0.00", "price_to": "0.00", "category": "film", "tags": ["film/documentary", "history/black-history", "society/racism"], "description": "A free film screening of Black Boys followed by a discussion on the film's themes and how a British audience can relate to them. The documentary illuminates the spectrum of black male humanity in America, an intimate, inter-generational exploration of Black identity and opportunity at the nexus of sports, education and criminal justice. Directed by Sonia Lowman, it is part of Black History Month.", "url": "https://noky.io/en/london/events/black-boys-60882/", "official_url": "https://www.lambeth.gov.uk/events/kanopy-film-screening-black-boys-followed-discussion", "image": "https://noky.io/images/938684d7ef4315ce36edeecaa3e39db71eb1c9693620d8917dbcf6e0db452c8d-1200.webp"}, {"title": "New Black British Sound x BBC Introducing", "start": "2026-11-12T18:30:00Z", "end": "2026-11-12T21:30:00Z", "place": "V&A East Museum", "address": "Carpenters Road 107, E20 2AR London", "price": "Free", "price_from": "0.00", "price_to": "0.00", "category": "concerts", "tags": ["society/black-culture/black-british", "music"], "description": "An evening of live music, networking and a panel conversation titled 'New Black British Sound x BBC Introducing' at V&A East Museum. It is run by BBC Introducing Live together with BBC Radio 1Xtra in partnership with V&A East Museum, celebrating the museum's exhibition The Music is Black: A British Story. A panel hosted by BBC Introducing's Angelle Joseph, with speakers including V&A East's Josephine Small, looks at key moments in Black British music history and how the UK industry can support young Black artists. An open mic hosted by BBC Radio 1Xtra Introducing's Theo Johnson gives nine artists the chance to perform live for BBC Introducing.", "url": "https://noky.io/en/london/events/new-black-british-sound-x-bbc-introducing-40095/", "official_url": "https://www.vam.ac.uk/event/RwGL37RqpD/new-black-british-sound-x-bbc-introducing-nov-2026", "image": ""}, {"title": "The Weight Of Standing", "start": "2026-11-07T00:00:00Z", "end": null, "place": "Broadway Theatre", "address": "Catford Road, SE6 4RU London", "price": "£10.00", "price_from": "10.00", "price_to": "10.00", "category": "theatre", "tags": ["society/black-culture/black-british", "stage/theatre/drama"], "description": "The Weight Of Standing is a world premiere theatre performance celebrating the lives, resilience and enduring legacy of Black older people in Britain. Through intimate storytelling, movement and music, it explores forms of resistance, struggle and survival that have shaped generations, with stories of friendship, family and community at its heart. The work reflects on the strength carried within Black older bodies and the histories they hold, honouring voices that have too often gone unheard. Bold, moving and deeply human, it is a celebration of endurance, memory and collective care.", "url": "https://noky.io/en/london/events/the-weight-of-standing-69596/", "official_url": "https://www.broadwaytheatre.org.uk/events/the-weight-of-standing", "image": "https://noky.io/images/b28e7b626949218210950801f1b0893b66d480e9adfac6f5b48980033b1e2db4-1200.webp"}, {"title": "Dope Black Queers: The Forum", "start": "2026-11-08T16:30:00Z", "end": "2026-11-08T19:30:00Z", "place": "London LGBTQ+ Community Centre", "address": "Hopton Street 60-62, SE1 9JH London", "price": "", "price_from": "35.00", "price_to": "55.00", "category": "talks-readings", "tags": ["society/queer"], "description": "Dope Black Queers: The Forum is an open floor discussion in a Town Hall Meeting format, less like a panel, where the Black LGBTQIA+ community can talk about the things that matter to them, raise questions and find answers. Dope Black Queers is a space for and by the Black LGBTQIA+ community to provide grounding, connection, and to feel seen and heard. Everyone is invited to share their specific life experiences and perspectives, since it is in the specifics that people can relate and build community. Participation is encouraged but no one has to share, and the event is exclusively for the Black LGBTQIA+ community.", "url": "https://noky.io/en/london/events/dope-black-queers-the-forum-41651/", "official_url": "https://londonlgbtqcentre.org/event/dope-black-queers-the-forum-4/2026-11-08/", "image": ""}, {"title": "Storm Damage", "start": "2026-11-12T19:30:00Z", "end": "2026-11-12T21:15:00Z", "place": "Victoria and Albert Museum", "address": "Cromwell Road, SW7 2RL London", "price": "£5.00", "price_from": "5.00", "price_to": "5.00", "category": "film", "tags": ["film/drama"], "description": "A film screening of Storm Damage, presented by UCL Community Cinema and taking place at UCL East Cinema in London. Written by Lennie James and directed by Simon Cellan Jones, the 2000 film follows Danny, a teacher who returns to the children's care home where he grew up after witnessing violent behaviour among his students. As he reconnects with the troubled teenagers there, he confronts his own past while trying to guide young people caught between neglect, anger and urban pressures. The screening is part of a series curated by Dr Clive Nwonka for The Music is Black Festival.", "url": "https://noky.io/en/london/events/storm-damage-40096/", "official_url": "", "image": "https://noky.io/images/43c0b35a72daf6b73ce24de9af9bae52c991c4d197e7bbb6717b14ea5500946e-2000.webp"}, {"title": "“Estate. A Reverie” Film Screenings & Talkaoke – part of Estate Talks", "start": "2026-11-14T15:30:00Z", "end": "2026-11-14T18:30:00Z", "place": "Outside Haggerston Community Centre", "address": "8 Lovelace Street, London, E8 4FF", "price": "Free - Booking required", "price_from": "0.00", "price_to": "0.00", "category": "film", "tags": ["film/documentary", "society/housing"], "description": "The final event of the Estate Talks series brings film screenings and Talkaoke, a pop-up talk show by The People Speak, together at Haggerston Community Centre. It features the award-winning film 'Estate. A Reverie' (2015, 83 mins) by resident filmmaker Andrea Luka Zimmerman, made with residents over seven years, interweaving intimate portraits, residents' historical re-enactments, landscape and architectural studies and dramatised scenes to ask how we might resist being framed exclusively through class, gender, ability or disability, and even through geography. Also screened is 'Taking over King's Land' (2014, 23 mins) by Gillian McIver, following Nazir Tanbouli as he battles weather, vandalism and lack of funds to create a massive mural installation across a condemned housing estate in the run-up to the 2012 Olympics. The evening includes a free-flowing conversation around the Talkaoke table, with refreshments provided.", "url": "https://noky.io/en/london/events/estate-a-reverie-film-screenings-talkaoke-part-of-estate-tal-39535/", "official_url": "https://thepeoplespeak.org.uk/event/film-screenings-talkaoke-part-of-estate-talks/", "image": "https://noky.io/images/0ed5d15bcca3ae42ca1b5995bfc0f6e8dfd00147cc3502068b60943d1b51d117-2000.webp"}, {"title": "Change The Record: Real Talk in Tottenham", "start": "2026-11-11T19:00:00Z", "end": null, "place": "Amnesty International UK", "address": "Easton Street 1, WC1X 0DW London", "price": "Free", "price_from": "0.00", "price_to": "0.00", "category": "talks-readings", "tags": ["society/gender/masculinity"], "description": "An evening talk and community gathering where Jordan Stephens (Rizzle Kicks), Ben Hurst (Beyond Equality) and guests hold a conversation with young men rather than a lecture. Behind it is Jordan Stephens, bringing the event to Tottenham under the name Change The Record. Topics include loneliness, mental health, online versions of manhood, and pressures such as low pay, high rent and closing youth clubs. The aim is to work out what people can do locally, and attendees are encouraged to bring a friend.", "url": "https://noky.io/en/london/events/change-the-record-real-talk-in-tottenham-40767/", "official_url": "https://www.amnesty.org.uk/get-involved/events/change-the-record-real-talk-in-tottenham/", "image": "https://noky.io/images/0d348c029d39b328e07469bd3fb100855be69239553f88b4d47d98ee39e51d21-600.webp"}, {"title": "Palestine Cinema Days Around the World: Blessed Blessed Oblivion & With Hasan in Gaza", "start": "2026-11-02T16:00:00Z", "end": null, "place": "LUX", "address": "Dartmouth Park Hill, N19 5JF London", "price": "Free, RSVP", "price_from": "0.00", "price_to": "0.00", "category": "film", "tags": ["society/politics/israel-palestine", "film/documentary"], "description": "A special screening of two films: Jumana Manna's 'Blessed Blessed Oblivion' and Kamal Aljafari's 'With Hasan in Gaza', shown as part of Palestine Cinema Days Around the World. LUX and Mosaic Rooms are collaborating on the event, organised by Filmlab Palestine for its 4th edition. 'Blessed Blessed Oblivion' (2010, 21') sketches a portrait of masculine performativity in East Jerusalem, manifested in gyms, barber shops and body parlours and inspired by Kenneth Anger's 'Scorpio Rising'. 'With Hasan in Gaza' (2025, 106') is a filmic journal of a journey the filmmaker made in 2001 from the north to the south of Gaza, searching for the man with whom he had spent seven months in an Israeli prison, capturing daily life amid moments of vibrancy and darker realities.", "url": "https://noky.io/en/london/events/palestine-cinema-days-around-the-world-blessed-blessed-obliv-37113/", "official_url": "https://lux.org.uk/event/palestine-cinema-days-around-the-world-blessed-blessed-oblivion-with-hasan-in-gaza/", "image": "https://noky.io/images/67c9f6fdfb102dda26d16327e9bb5f77f5a2f4d17578863558e396b6471bf114-600.webp"}]}