Today from 17:00-20.00 hrs, the UvA Film Club will continue their weekly screening in HVL/BuzzHouse’s Co-Working Space! This week's film is Lovers Rock (2020), with an introduction by Steve McQueen. Attendance is by invitation only this time.

Lovers Rock is a romance film directed by Steve McQueen and co-written by McQueen and Courttia Newland. Set in 1980s West London, the film is a lyrical and immersive portrayal of a single night at a house party where young Black Britons gather to dance, flirt, and celebrate life to the rhythms of reggae and lovers rock music. Unlike conventional narratives, the film flows more like a sensual experience, capturing the intimacy, joy, and resilience of a community through music, movement, and atmosphere. Part of McQueen's Small Axe anthology series, Lovers Rock is both a love story and a cultural snapshot, paying tribute to the vibrant subculture forged by the Caribbean diaspora in the face of racism and exclusion in Britain.