HAKEEM

SPECIAL SCREENING PART OF THE MUSIC IS BLACK FESTIVAL FROM EAST BANK with Hak Baker Q&A and acoustic set

We're delighted to be part of The Music is Black Festival from East Bank a celebration of sound, culture and community across an eight-month series of events. With four live festival weekends across the summer and a full programme of related events. Led by the artists, creators and collectives who built the legacy of Black British music and shape what’s next. From soundsystem culture to queer collectives. From Black women changing music to Afrofuturist artists driving it forward. Shaped by the stories, voices and movements that define it.

HAKEEM

DEADHORSES| UK| 2024| 55 mins

An unconventional music documentary for a very unconventional musician, this film follows British singer and rapper Hak Baker over five years. Directed by the filmmaking duo of DEADHORSES (James Topley and Ivo Beckett), Hakeem balances profundity and profanity as Baker confronts the traumas of class and masculinity in the wake of his sudden stardom. An anarchic yet sincere portrait of British lad culture, full of arresting aesthetics and savage honesty, this is more than a chronicle of a musician's life – it’s a fascinating and intimate portrait of existential angst, brotherhood and hope in the face of the taboos that surround male mental health.

The Music is Black Festival from East Bank at Queen Elizabeth Olympic Park is a celebration of Black British music across a full programme of events including four live festival weekends. Led by the artists, creators and collectives who built its legacy and shape what’s next, this is where sound lives and culture moves