BURNING AN ILLUSION (1981) + PRESSURE (1976) — Double Feature!

2:00pm (Double Feature):

5:30pm (Double Feature):

Black Revivalist, Cushy Collective and 7th House are proud to present a day of films from the Caribbean diaspora. Two double features, four films, in a single day, raising funds for Hurricane Melissa relief.

The program features Menelik Shabazz’s 1988 documentary TIME AND JUDGEMENT: A DIARY OF A 400 YEAR EXILE, paired with D. Elmina Davis’ OMEGA RISING WOMEN OF RASTAFARI from the same year; followed by Shabazz’s debut narrative feature BURNING AN ILLUSION (1981) alongside Horace Ové’s PRESSURE (1976), respectively recognized as the second and first Black British feature films to be written and directed by Black filmmakers.

Burning an Illusion follows Pat Williams, a young Black woman in London who longs for a better life. When her charming but aimless boyfriend Del is falsely arrested and mercilessly beaten by the police, their paths veer in unexpected directions, and Pat begins a journey toward emotional maturity, emancipation, and political awakening.

Pressure follows Tony, a British-born younger son of an immigrant family from Trinidad in 1970s London, who finds himself adrift between two cultures and caught between his parents’ church-going conformity and his brother’s Black Power militancy. As he struggles to find work and endures discrimination and racism, he finds comradeship with his Black friends in the streets and searches for a sense of purpose.

Doors open at 1:30 pm, first screening begins at 2:00 pm. Time and Judgement, 85 mins. Omega Rising Women of Rastafari , 52 mins. Burning an Illusion, 105 mins. Pressure, 136 mins. There will be a 1 hour intermission in between the double features and a 15 min intermission in between Burning an Illusion and Pressure.

Program curated byCamm Harrison and Salem Daniel. Flier by Erika Ho.

BURNING AN ILLUSION — Dir. Menelik Shabazz, 1981, 105 mins, UK, English, Unrated, Digital

PRESSURE — Dir. Horace Ové, 1976, UK, 136 mins, UK, English, Unrated, Digital

Thanks to Brian Belovarac of Janus Films for giving us permission to screen these films.

Please email [email protected] or phone 323-663-2167 with any questions.

ABOUT BLACK REVIVALIST

Founded by LA based Black art historian, programmer, and curator Camm Harrison, Black Revivalist is a screening series project which showcases an array of underrated and overlooked gems within Black cinema.

ABOUT CUSHY COLLECTIVE

Launched in 2023 by filmmaker and curator Salem Daniel, Cushy Collective's mission is to promote pan African collaboration in the visual arts by curating safe spaces where artists from Africa and the diaspora can develop their craft, showcase work, and build community.

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