Camera As Gun: Anti-Colonial Film Units As Counter-Archives
Thursday, March 26, 2026 · 6:30 PM
An informal evening of film screenings, readings, and discussions on the power of African cinema in service of political cause.
Session 1: Africa
Join us for informal evening of film screenings, discussions, readings, on the theme of Anti-Colonial Film Units, exploring their history and relevance to the Colonial Present that we continue to live in today.
We are excited to announce our film residency series titled Camera As Gun: Anti-Colonial Film Units As Counter-Archives hosted in Pelican House, a social centre in east London for worker organising, movement building, experimental arts & culture.
Anti-Colonial Film Units, shaped by the spirit of Third Cinema, emerged across the South as response to Colonial Film Units and as vital practices of counter-archives, seizing and subverting the colonial lens into mediums of political weapon, in service of liberation and revolution.
Held on the last Thursday evening of every month, we will be focusing on Anti-Colonial Film Units from geography to geography month by month. In our March session, we begin with the continent of Africa, followed by Latin America in April, and concluding with the continent of Asia in May.
Session 1: Africa - Thursday 26 March 2026
Session 2: Latin America - Thursday 30 April 2026
Session 3: Asia - Thursday 28 May 2026
Thawra Archive is 100% unfunded and volunteer-run. Please consider making a solidarity ticket or donation if you are able to. If you are unable to afford a general admission ticket, please email thawrarchive@gmail.com or message on Instagram.
Session 1: Africa
Join us for informal evening of film screenings, discussions, readings, on the theme of Anti-Colonial Film Units, exploring their history and relevance to the Colonial Present that we continue to live in today.
We are excited to announce our film residency series titled Camera As Gun: Anti-Colonial Film Units As Counter-Archives hosted in Pelican House, a social centre in east London for worker organising, movement building, experimental arts & culture.
Anti-Colonial Film Units, shaped by the spirit of Third Cinema, emerged across the South as response to Colonial Film Units and as vital practices of counter-archives, seizing and subverting the colonial lens into mediums of political weapon, in service of liberation and revolution.
Held on the last Thursday evening of every month, we will be focusing on Anti-Colonial Film Units from geography to geography month by month. In our March session, we begin with the continent of Africa, followed by Latin America in April, and concluding with the continent of Asia in May.
Session 1: Africa - Thursday 26 March 2026
Session 2: Latin America - Thursday 30 April 2026
Session 3: Asia - Thursday 28 May 2026
Thawra Archive is 100% unfunded and volunteer-run. Please consider making a solidarity ticket or donation if you are able to. If you are unable to afford a general admission ticket, please email thawrarchive@gmail.com or message on Instagram.