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Join us in celebrating some of cinema’s greatest talents in Black Star, a major new season from the BFI.
Black Voices: A season of films featuring legendary singers and iconic performances; stories of love and life, hardship and redemption…and dancing.
Laurence Fishburne and Angela Bassett were Oscar®-nominated for their portrayal of explosive husband and wife R&B duo Ike and Tina Turner.
The film charts Tina’s rise to stardom and her struggle to break free from Ike’s terrifying domestic abuse. Bassett gives a career-defining performance that immortalises the journey of a woman and artist discovering her voice.
Other films in the BFI Black Star: Black Voices programme are: