We love exploring exploitation cinema at Abertoir, and we dedicated a day of the 2022 edition of the festival to a blaxploitation horror deep dive, with screenings, very special guests, and our centrepiece: a simultaneous 50th anniversary screening of Blacula + panel discussion with director William Crain broadcast live from Abertoir across the UK.
Watch the Q&A with William Crain, chaired by Maisha Wester, on YouTube.
Our celebration of Blacula and blaxploitation horror was in collaboration with Bristol Black Horror Club, and formedwww.indreamsaremonsters.com
Venues across the UK joined us in our celebration of Blacula celebrations:
- Cell B - Blaenau Ffestiniog
- Pontio - Bangor
- Queen's Film Theatre - Belfast
- Watershed - Bristol, in association with Bristol Black Horror Club
- Chapter - Cardiff
- Yr Egin - Carmarthen
- Quad - Derby
- Phoenix - Exeter
- Glasgow Film Theatre
- Broadway - Nottingham, in association with Mayhem Film Festival
- Neuadd Dwyfod - Pwllheli
- KinoKulture - Oswestry
