Black Star also examines the long history of black American cinema, with two major films being reissued for the season.
• The BFI’s Black Star season runs from 17 October to 31 December.
Titled Black Star, and running for nearly three months in venues across the UK, the season will feature cinema reissues of key films, in-depth surveys of specific areas such as blaxploitation and hip-hop cinema, and numerous live events including seminars, concerts and on-stage interviews.
One of Black Star’s strands, consequently, will focus on the major figures of contemporary black cinema, including Denzel Washington in Spike Lee’s Malcolm X and Will Smith in Ali, directed by Michael Mann.