Reclaiming Space: Queer Space

A film programme accompanying A Story of Squatters exhibition.

RECLAIMING SPACE is a series of three screening events alongside Four Corners' exhibition, 'A Story of Squatters'. The series explores themes of Queer, green, migrant and feminist spaces, and the intersections in-between them.

QUEER SPACES

Wednesday 25 February, 6.30-8.30pm, Four Corners, First-Floor Studio

PLEASE NOTE: Some of these films contain explicit imagery and are not suitable for those aged under 16 years.

Kicking off our mini-series, this jam-packed evening of four shorts investigates the importance of exclusively Queer, Black and Asian spaces in the 1980s and 90s; Gays the Word bookshop; and the daily life of a gay photographer in Brixton; an exploration of South London's gay squatting scene of the 1970s; and a response to filmmaker and Four Corners' co-founder Ron Peck's film Nighthawks.

Topher Cambell (Director of The Homecoming) will introduce his film.

The Homecoming: A Short Film about Ajamu, 1995

Drama documentary, directed by Topher Campbell. 17 min

Featuring: Stuart Hall, Kobena Mercer, Sonia Boyce, Ajamu

Accessibility: With sound

Here and Now: 26.06.1983: Gay Black Group

Television Magazine, editor Ken Jones. 25 min

Featuring: Paula Ahluwalia, Isaac Julien

Accessibility: With sound

Brixton Fairies: Made possible by Squatting, 2013

Documentary, directed by Tara Hassan. 33 min

Accessibility: With sound

Nighthawks: An Exploration, 2024

Documentary, director/editor: Amaia Gonzalez. 6 mins

Accessibility: With sound and captions

PLEASE NOTE: The screening is taking place in Four Corners' First-Floor Studio which is up two flights of stairs, so is not accessible for people with mobility issues.

Four further access information, please visit our website here, or contact us at info@fourcornersfilm.co.uk if you have any queries

With many thanks to Film London FAN Fund for funding this series, as well as the following for their invaluable suggestions, support and advice: Helen de Witt, London Short Film Festival, Lux, MACE, BFI, Film & Video Umbrella, Laundrette Films, London’s Screen Archives.