Black History Month 2026
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October is Black History Month in the UK, a moment where organisations and institutions across the country will honour the contributions of Black people to Britain’s past, present and future.
This year’s Black History Month theme is “Honouring Our Communities,” which invites us to recognise the individuals whose everyday contributions shape, support and sustain Black life across the United Kingdom.
Watershed’s 2026 programme seeks to do just this with three events and screenings that showcase and celebrate some of the brilliant creatives we are proud to work with. The Dominican Front Room invites you to peek through the walkway window into an intimate world of nostalgia – a front room full of real Caribbean keepsakes contributed by families who settled in Bristol. Join us for an evening to celebrate poet, educator, activist and entrepreneur Lawrence Hoo who showed his first film Inner City Tales at Watershed in October 2006. Finally do not miss the screening of First Born Second: Voices of the Children of the Windrush Era , directed by award-winning filmmaker Michelle Pascal and co-produced by writer and curator Roger Griffith MBE, it's a raw, triumphant and personal documentary exploring the joys and pain of growing up Black in 1970s and 1980s Britain. The screening will be followed by a panel discussion with cast and crew members.
You can read more about these events in this article and also below are the full details and how to book.
Image from The Dominican Front Room
Upcoming screenings & events in this programme
The Dominican Front Room at Watershed
Black History Month
Installed in Watershed throughout October, visitors are invited to peek through the walkway window into an intimate world of nostalgia – a front room full of real Caribbean keepsakes contributed by families who settled in Bristol.
Lawrence Hoo’s Inner City Tales
classified 18 Black History Month
Poet, educator, activist and entrepreneur Lawrence Hoo showed his first film in Watershed in October 2006 – 20 years ago this month. This evening celebrates the enormous contribution that Lawrence has made to art, equality and talent development in Bristol and beyond.
First Born Second: Voices of the Children of the Windrush Era
classified 18 (CTBA) Black History Month
When the Windrush pioneers answered the call to help rebuild post-war Britain, their children—the “First-Born”, known as the “Second Generation”—turned trauma into triumph. They changed the face of a nation, overcoming a clash of cultures and continents.