Films from Soda Pictures

Two forthcoming releases from Soda Pictures that may be of interest to Education Officers

BLACK POWER MIXTAPE 1967-1975

RELEASE DATE: 21 October 2011

KEY SELLING POINTS:  Review led film that is proving a bit hit with critics; also released during Black History Month so can be tied in with schools activity

Lost in an archive in Sweden for 30 years, Black Power Mixtape is a compilation feature documentary film that displays the story of the African-American community between the years 1967-1975. Told with sparkling and beautiful footage as well as music by The Roots and Michael Jackson and singing by Erykah Badu this is an amazing chart of the civil rights movement.

TALES OF THE NIGHT

RELEASE DATE: 2012 TBC

The new animated feature film from Michel Ocelot (Kirikou, Azur & Asmar) in glorious 3D. Selected for official competition at Berlin 2011, Tales of the Night is a series of different yarns told in silhouettes.