As part of the festival is Being Ruby Rich – a unique series of screenings and events hosted by feminist writer, critic and academic B. Ruby Rich. Featured are a couple of films under the banner ‘The Battle for Representation’.

Throughout the 20th and 21st century, cinema has lent itself as a battleground for minorities and the dispossessed to challenge their marginality and to project alternative narratives and subjectivities on screen. The second part of this series takes a journey through the Middle East and Africa and engages with women’s stories, from Julie Dash’s ground breaking Daughters of the Dust to Michel Khleifi’s debut feature, Fertile Memory, about Palestinian women.

Opening in June, Into the Unknown: A Journey through Science Fiction  is major exhibition is a genre-defining exploration of one of popular culture’s most celebrated realm

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