MON 08 SEPTEMBER Westbourne Studios 6pm Letter To Lloyd Veronica Cordeiro 25mins U Subject, objects, ‘Self’ and ‘Other’ fuse and blur in Lloyd’s 30-year old Jamaican barbershop, located in the heart of Peckham, SE London. Set in the barbers originally inspired ‘Desmonds’ channel 4 sitcom in the ‘80s. Letter To Lloyd simultaneously addresses issues of power of the cinematic gaze, the Afro-Caribbean Diaspora in the UK, and the plasticity of the photographic image. Art Documentaries, London Bushwick Homecoming Stefanie Joshua 37mins 15 “Bushwick Homecoming” is a documentary film which searches for the answers about a New York neighborhood in the midst of change. Bushwick, Brooklyn, once synonymous with poverty & violence, is seen as an “up and coming” neighborhood. Documentary, USA HIV a virus: Not a moral issue Bob Edwards 35mins 15 In Sierra Leone HIV/Aids has not reached the epidemic proportions of Southern African countries but the figures are rising. Focuses on the work of Christian Aid and its partners with their non-judgemental programmes for preventing the spread of HIV. Some of the scenes in the film are shocking. We listen to the plight of sex workers having to endure being used without protection. Documentary, Britain Glorious Exit Kevin Merz 75mins 12A Jarreth Mertz is an actor with Swiss and Nigerian origins, who lives in Los Angeles. As his Nigerian father (who he never met) died, the African Family calls him to care about his father’s funeral, since hs is the first born. For Jarreth begins a travel discovering his origins, his African family and who his father was. Feature Length Documentaries, Switzerland Guns In The Afternoon: The Life And Times Of Kidco And Tribel Howard Johnson 55mins 15 Through the eyes of his grieving mother, family and friends, this film tells the story of Kieron Bernard; rapper, gang leader and street hustler also known as ‘Kidco’, who died in a shootout at a Nandos Chicken Restaurant in Shepherds Bush, London, in January 2002 after an argument over his haircut. Documentary, Britain This Is Our Country Too Ishmahil Blagrove Jr 80mins 15 Most of us have very little knowledge about the plight of Australia’s Aboriginal people. Take away Cathy Freeman, the odd advertising campaign and the occasional adventure programme, and to the mainstream they do not exist. This Is Our Country Too is a powerful expose of the hidden torment of a people fighting for equality, justice and survival. Feature Length Documentaries, London back to schedule