Welcome to the June Givanni Pan African Cinema Archive. ;xNLx;;xNLx;Find out about the historical journey of the archive from its beginning and the people who have made valuable contributions along the way.;xNLx;;xNLx;
Early 1980s Jim Pines, Commonwealth Institute
Riots in London, Birmingham and other major UK cities, followed by the Scarman Report.
Black People’s Day of Action following New Cross Fire and deaths of 13 young black people.
Jim Pines and Parminder Vir, Commonwealth Institute, with strong presence of African American independent filmmakers
The International Book Fair of Radical and Third World Books was organised by John La Rose and New Beacon Books: and Jessica Huntley of Bogle Ouverture Bookshop. Hugely popular event with artists and cultural activists on an international scale. Film Panel Discussion Chaired by Jim Pines was held at the first edition of the Fair 1982 with: Horace Ove/Lionel Ngakane/Yvonne Brewster/Diane Abbott/Chris Laird.
Introduced by John La Rose and Jessica Huntley. Panel introduced and Chaired by Jim Pines: participants: Horace Ove/Lionel Ngakane/Chris Laird/Yvonne Brewster/Diane Abbott
Channel 4 Television Came into being with a remit to expand the scope of television and had a significant impact on UK and international TV landscape in the 1980s
Black People’s Day of Action following New Cross Fire and deaths of 13 young black people captured on the Menelik Shabazz Film, ‘Blood Ah Go Run’ .
June Givanni Co-ordinator of Third Eye London’s Festival of Third World Cinema, Director Parminder Vir (Third Eye Image): Advisors Imruh Bakari/Lionel Ngakane and others
By Third Eye FF team and advisors. Gathered black film practitioners and scholars from across the UK.
June Givanni attended Festival Pan African Cinema de Ouagadougou (FESPACO), Burkina Faso, for the first time. June Givanni / Thomas Sankara at FESPACO. The young visionary leader who had a passion for cinema and a vision for its role as a cultural change-agent Thomas Sankara came to power 2 years earlier was encouraging its growth.
Circles Distribution & JG.
Organised by Jim Pines & Paul Willemen: assisted by June Givanni
Greater London Council (Leftist Administration for London) is abolished by Thatcher Government
Bernie Grant, Diane Abbott, Paul Boateng, Keith Vaz
JG’s 2nd attendance at FESPACO: Later that year leader of Burkina Faso Thomas Sankara is assassinated. The Robeson Prize for best diaspora film was introduced at FESPACO
Director Suzy Landau: JG member of IC team and programmer of English-language films throughout the life of the festival.
Programme’ for Brixton Village Film Club (David Bryan), St Matthews Meeting Place, Brixton
June Givanni joined BFI Exhibition/Distribution as a Programme Advisor
Major programme of Black Women’s Film Programme, Creteil Film Festival, France, Co-Curated by June Givanni and Bernice Reynaud.
By June Givanni listing the black films available in distribution in the UK
June Givanni, BFI Black Film Video List image
Regular at FESPACO Film Festival and others on the continent, Carthage FF Tunisia, Zanzibar IFF, and others
'Black and White in Colour’ Conference organised by AC Unit after the TV documentary of the same name by Isaac Julien
JG joined by Gaylene Gould.
1990s Nubian Tales Screenings Promotions of Black Films (B3Media)
The Africa Centre & The African Caribbean Unit BFI, London. Fest Included a range of visiting Women filmmakers from Africa
Black Film Bulletin created at the British Film Institute, London in 1993 by founding editors June Givanni and Gaylene Gould, the magazine was a space for critical commentary around developments in new Black cinema and Pan African Cinema histories. Capturing dynamic happenings unfolding in the world of African Diaspora film, the BFB magazine reflected a significant renaissance moment for Black filmmaking culture globally in the 1980s and early 1990s. Copies of The Black Film Bulletin are in the JGPACA archive.
The UK’s First Black Owned Cinema opened, at the UK’s first cinema, the Electric on Portobello Road, by the Electric Triangle Partners consortium of : The Voice Newspaper/Choice FM and the Black Triangle Programming Group. Set up for ‘first run’ films and to be ‘the home of black cinema in Britain’.
By June Givanni and Maureen Blackwood.
Screen Griots Programme of 12 projects across the BFI, led by the African Caribbean Unit to celebrate the national Africa ’95 festival.
Dilemmas of Black intervention in British film & TV’ Report of the Black and White in Colour Conference, BFI, 1992
June Givanni a Programming consultant for African Cinema, International Film Festival of Kerala
Publication of book 'Symbolic Narratives: African Cinema' by June Givanni with intro by Imruh Bakari reporting on the Africa and the History of Cinematic Ideas Conference ‘95, BFI, to celebrate UK Africa’95 Fest
June Givanni - Programmer 1998 / 1999 / 2000 / 2004
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