Black Is Beautiful: The Kwame Brathwaite Story (2025)
Yemi Bamiro · 98 min
Black Is Beautiful: The Kwame Brathwaite Story screens once in London: BFI Southbank, Friday 11 September at 20:25.
Where to watch it
BFI Southbank
Belvedere Rd, Waterloo, London SE1 8XT
S.O.U.L. Fest x ABFF London Opening Night: Black is Beautiful: The Kwame Brathwaite Story + Q&A
What it is
Everyone knows the phrase “Black is Beautiful,” but few know of the man who helped popularize it. Little known Harlem based photographer - freedom fighter and activist - Kwame Brathwaite took 500,000 photos across his 70-year career, always devoted to celebrating the joy and beauty of African American life. This feature documentary tells the story of Kwame and the “Black is Beautiful” movement.