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This Buena Vista<em>-</em>style documentary about a band who found a new life via the dancefloor is overlong but worth it for the music

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.

Juliette Binoche makes culinary masterpieces, Mads Mikkelsen tames a desolate Danish wilderness, and an alligator goes on the rampage in Chicago.

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

Why did the music industry ignore some of the brightest black talent in Britain for years? That’s the key question behind a new film

Abramorama has acquired the global theatrical rights and direct-to-consumers rights to 'Getting It Back: The Story of Cymande.'

Abramorama has acquired the global theatrical rights — with the exception of the U.K. and Ireland — and direct-to-consumers rights to “Getting It Back: The Story of Cymande,” the award-winning music documentary directed by Tim MacKenzie-Smith. Abramorama will launch its U.S. and Canadian theatrical release in early April, following its upcoming U.K. theatrical release. “Abramorama is …

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.

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