MUBI, the global film streaming platform, is celebrating Black History Month with the new series Cut to Black. The celebratory film lineup looks to the past, reflects on the present, and gestures to the bright future of Black cinema with, featuring an eclectic range of films showcasing Black artistry from both sides of the camera.
Spotlighting works by filmmakers like Oscar Micheaux, Garrett Bradley, Janicza Bravo, and many more, over the next month this program will also add intimate avant-garde shorts from queer artist Edward Owens, a trilogy from Ghanaian-American filmmaker Akosua Adoma Owusu, and Raoul Peck’s award-winning portrait of James Baldwin, I AM NOT YOUR NEGRO.
Keep reading to see what films Mubi will be streaming for the Cut to Black series during February:
Now Streaming
Air Conditioner, Fradique, 2020
An Oversimplification Of Her Beauty, Terence Nance, 2012
And When I Die, I Won’t Stay Dead, Billy Woodberry, 2015
Atlantics, Mati Diop, 2009
Below Dreams, Garrett Bradley, 2014
Berlin Alexanderplatz, Burhan Qurbani, 2020
Bye-Bye Africa, Mahamat-Saleh Haroun, 1999
Claudette’s Star, Ayo Akingbade, 2019
Dear Babylon, Ayo Akingbade, 2019
Fire In My Belly, Ayo Akingbade, 2021
In The Name of Christ, Roger Gnoan M’Bala, 1993
Juke: Passages From The Films of Spencer Williams, Thom Andersen, 2015
Lemon, Janicza Bravo, 2017
Speak Up, Amandine Gay, 2017
Two Gods, Zeshawn Ali, 2020
Within Our Gates, Oscar Micheaux, 1920
Wulu, Daouda Coulibaly, 2016
Coming Soon
February 6 – I Am Not Your Negro, Raoul Peck, 2016
February 7 – Tomorrow’s Promise, Edward Owens, 1967
February 21 – Remembrance: A Portrait Study, Edward Owens, 1967
February 24 – White Afro, Akosua Adoma Owusu, 2019
February 26 – Free Angela and All Political Prisoners, Shola Lynch, 2012
March 3 – Private Imaginings and Narrative Facts, Edward Owens, 1966
March 7 – Autre fois J’ai Aime Une Femme, Edward Owens, 1966
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