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Glasgow Film Festival · 2021

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Angelou On Burns

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This is Angelou at her most magnetic.

Jennie Kermode · 4 out of 5
A documentary which follows Maya Angelou on a visit to Ayrshire where she explores similarities between Robert Burns’ life and her own.

(Country: UK; Year: 1966; Director: Elly M Taylor; Stars: Maya Angelou)

Expensive Shit

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In a festival selection that included a number of feminist works and perspectives this was a standout.

Andrew Robertson · 4.5 out of 5
A Nigerian toilet attendant, desperate for survival, forced to manipulate unsuspecting women for men watching from behind a two-way mirror in a Glasgow club.

(Country: UK; Year: 2020; Director: Adura Onashile; Writer: Adura Onashile; Stars: Modupe Adeyeye, Kim Allan, Nebli Basani, John Mclarnon)

A Family Called Abrew

A documentary about a unique showbiz family whose imprint on British culture began in Scotland in the 19th century.

(Country: UK; Year: 1992; Director: Maureen Blackwood)

Tree Fellers

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This little known story will fascinate people with an interest in wartime history.

Jennie Kermode · 4 out of 5
The story of the 900 Belizean lumberjacks who in 1941 and 1942 left the tropical rain-forests of British Honduras to help Britain fight fascism by felling trees in Scotland.

(Country: UK; Year: 2004; Director: Sana Bilgrami; Writer: Sana Bilgrami)

Welcome II The Terrordome

Review preview for Welcome II The Terrordome

What comes across most clearly is the anger at its core.

Jennie Kermode · 4 out of 5
In a future where all black people have been forced to live inside a compound, one woman's quest for revenge sparks civil war.

(Country: UK; Year: 1995; Director: Ngozi Onwurah; Writer: Ngozi Onwurah; Stars: Suzette Llewellyn, Saffron Burrows, Felix Joseph, Valentine Nonyela)

The X In Scotland

A documentary about the importance of Malcolm X to African and Asian Scots.

(Country: UK; Year: 1993; Director: Lucy Enfield)