For the final episode of Black Star, which sees rising directors share their vision of the future of the black experience on screen, British-Nigerian filmmaker Jenn Nkiru pieces together dreamlike portraits with stunning archival footage that includes Afrofuturism pioneer Sun Ra and revolutionary organization the Black Panther Party. Here, London-based Nkiru talks about her video-art offering:    

"I was thinking about so much while making Rebirth Is Necessary—the summation of my loaded feelings and questions over the last few years. I was thinking about black people, the black experience—which is my constant—and the idea of black universality. 

"Creating this piece felt like therapy. It's where I got to reconcile my worlds—the material and the spiritual, the human and divine. This film is jazz; black magic in motion. I hope it can be a source of inspiration, affirmation and healing to others as it has been to me, especially the black diaspora." 

*Unfortunately a credit was missed off this film: Headpieces and Jewellery by Slim Barrett