Black History Month at Riverside Studios

Hammersmith arts centre Riverside Studios is going all out for Black History Month this year, with a line-up that spans films, community creative workshops, and spotlight evenings. The programme includes Charles Burnett’s unsettling 1977 debut Killer of Sheep (October 26-30), a landmark of independent Black cinema that follows a slaughterhouse worker as he battles exhaustion and finds fleeting moments of joy. Boris Lojkine’s recent film Souleymane’s Story (October 25-28) follows a Guinean asylum seeker as he rides his bike through the streets of Paris, delivering food and awaiting an official decision.

There's also a scratch night (October 6; November 3) for emerging theatremakers and writers, as well as a work-in-progress showing of immersive experience Doubles (October 11), which follows two Grenadians navigating the British class system. The program is rounded out with djembe drumming workshops for both kids and adults (October 11-12).