Explore our curated UK Black History Month streamed video collection this October, featuring such highlights as Getting it Back: The Story of Cymande - the story of the greatest band you've likely never heard of. Featuring archival footage and interview with the original band members filmed over two years, this documentary tells the story of a group of Caribbean musicians arriving in London Formed in south London by musicians as part of the Windrush generation. Led by Patrick Patterson (guitar) and Steve Scipio (bass), they combined jazz, funk, soul and Caribbean grooves to create a new sound, Cymande found success in the US with their first three albums but disbanded after facing years of prejudice-fuelled indifference in the U, finally disbanding in 1975. Over the years since, their music lived on and influenced generations of artists on both sides of the Atlantic as their pioneering sounds were sampled, reworked and developed for new audiences.
Stream content for free all year
Stream free (and ad-free!) content all year through Kanopy - your free Library video streaming service.
You can stream documentaries that support your course learning and introduce new ideas and subject areas, filmed theatre performances, as well as a huge range of feel good, classic and indie films (check out Double Jeopardy if you have never seen it) all free for you through the Library's paid for streaming service, Kanopy.
Compared with all the commercial streaming services out there that charge you a small fortune and still insert adverts into content for which you have already paid, that's a pretty good deal! Enjoy it while you are still a student ;)