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In the lead up to this years Wanderfal musical extravaganza, The Poly is presenting WanderFilm, a film celebration of musical culture in film.

Cymande discuss being rediscovered decades later on dancefloors and hip hop tracks after being shut out by a racist UK music scene in the 70s

Cult south London band Cymande were neglected in 1970s Britain but played to huge stadiums in the US. As a new documentary tells their tale, we spoke to Cymande’s Steve Scipio and Patrick Patterson and director Tim MacKenzie-Smith.

15/02/2024 - Tim MacKenzie-Smith largely avoids the pitfalls of the music documentary in this endearing portrait of a British band silenced by racism at home but wildly influential in the decades that followed

The writer and broadcaster Deb Grant on the jazz recordings, live shows, documentaries and books to look forward to in the year ahead,

Including Christopher Nolan’s BFI Fellowship, seasons dedicated to the Taviani brothers, Dorothy Arzner and John Barry and a focus on the work of Jennifer Baichwal, Nicholas de Pencier and Edward Burtynsky.

Announcing highlights from the BFI cultural programme for 2024, at BFI Southbank and BFI IMAX, in cinemas UK-wide, on BFI Player, BFI Blu-ray and DVD.

Tim Mackenzie-Smith’s documentary on the 1970s south London soul-funk band will hit cinemas, BFI Player and Blu-ray early next year.

14/02/2023 - The music-centric film festival, unspooling in Turin from 24 February to 2 March, will open with a tribute to the dissident Russian director, exactly one year on from the start of the war in Ukraine

14/02/2023 - The music-centric film festival, unspooling in Turin from 24 February to 2 March, will open with a tribute to the dissident Russian director, exactly one year on from the start of the war in Ukraine