Analogue in Depth takes up the question of “why black filmmakers should shoot analogue” to provoke a conversation about the uses that analogue film poses for makers and viewers in relation to black cinema. The seminar will also examine the broader field of black film in any format, as well as films by non-black filmmakers that supposedly address black life.

The seminar will be divided into three sections: an illustrated talk, panel discussion, and screening. During her talk, Jennifer Lauren Martin will survey several key works and discuss analogue film as a film language and strategy employed specifically by black filmmakers, as well as aesthetic trends and traps and the possibility of restitution. The following panel discussion will offer an opportunity to probe and unpick our relationship to these works and our positions as audience and makers. The seminar concludes with a screening at Close-Up Cinema featuring selected works referenced throughout the day. 

Seminar schedule:
11am-1pm: Illustrated talk by Jennifer Lauren Martin
2pm-4pm: Panel Discussion
6.15pm-8.15pm: Screening programme at Close-Up (please note that the screening element of the programme is ticketed separately) 

An early version of this programme was developed and programmed at not/nowhere, the black and POC-led analogue film workers’ cooperative.