
Photo: Aubrey Williams and Imruh Bakari. © Kuumba Productions/Imruh Bakari
FILM SCREENING:
MARK OF THE HAND AUBREY WILLIAMS (1987)
MARK OF THE HAND AUBREY WILLIAMS (1987)
Wednesday, 2nd July, 2025
5.00 pm Paid bar open in the Gallery (free drop-in)
6.30 pm Theatre doors open
7.00 pm Film Screening (52 min)
Location: Theatre (2nd floor)
Entry: Free admission (booking required)
To coincide with the exhibition Aubrey Williams: Elemental Force, October Gallery will present a special screening of Mark of the Hand: Aubrey Williams, directed by Imruh Bakari.
This remarkable film follows the artist, Aubrey Williams, as he returns to his birthplace of Georgetown, Guyana’s capital city. After restoring one of his murals at Timehri International Airport, the artist travels on to Hosororo, in the depths of the rainforest, returning for the first time, in forty years, to visit the Warrau people who originally inspired him to follow his lifelong path as an artist. That once arduous, days-long journey through deep forest by canoe and on foot has since become a forty-five-minute hop by plane, and the film traces the course of that surprisingly emotional return.
Visitors are invited to explore the exhibition Aubrey Williams: Elemental Force from 5 pm to 7 pm in the Gallery — a paid bar will be available (free drop-in). Doors to the screening will open at 6.30 pm.
*Please note there is no disabled access to the Theatre on the 2nd floor.
6.30 pm Theatre doors open
7.00 pm Film Screening (52 min)
Location: Theatre (2nd floor)
Entry: Free admission (booking required)
To coincide with the exhibition Aubrey Williams: Elemental Force, October Gallery will present a special screening of Mark of the Hand: Aubrey Williams, directed by Imruh Bakari.
This remarkable film follows the artist, Aubrey Williams, as he returns to his birthplace of Georgetown, Guyana’s capital city. After restoring one of his murals at Timehri International Airport, the artist travels on to Hosororo, in the depths of the rainforest, returning for the first time, in forty years, to visit the Warrau people who originally inspired him to follow his lifelong path as an artist. That once arduous, days-long journey through deep forest by canoe and on foot has since become a forty-five-minute hop by plane, and the film traces the course of that surprisingly emotional return.
Visitors are invited to explore the exhibition Aubrey Williams: Elemental Force from 5 pm to 7 pm in the Gallery — a paid bar will be available (free drop-in). Doors to the screening will open at 6.30 pm.
*Please note there is no disabled access to the Theatre on the 2nd floor.