As the UK celebrates #BlackHistoryMonth, a lot of the conversation inevitably centres around slavery, civil rights movements, and the many racist barriers that people are faced with, but it feels equally important to remember that Black history is not and has never been reducible to the tensions and traumas that arise under the white gaze. From #MichaelaCoel’s masterpiece #IMayDestroyYou to #ZoraNealeHurston’s coming-of-age romance #TheirEyesWereWatchingGod, click the link in bio for films, novels and documentaries that reflect the tapestry of Black life in all its complex, irreducible beauty.