Here’s a reason to be cheerful: cinemas are set to reopen on 17 May, and BFI Southbank is celebrating the return of the silver screen with a new film season focused on iconic Black women in music and entertainment. This morning, tickets go on sale for Her Voice: Black Women From The Spotlight To The Screen, a series of socially-distanced screenings spotlighting Aretha Franklin, Whitney Houston, Josephine Baker and more through music documentaries, biopics and feature films.

Top of our to-watch list is recently-released Ella Fitzgerald: Just One Of Those Things, a documentary exploring Fitzgerald’s incredible journey from big band singer to one of the 20th century’s most legendary stars. If classic musicals are more your thing, head for a screening of Stormy Weather, an all-singing, all-dancing affair from 1943 starring Grammy-winning performer and civil rights activist Lena Horne alongside an entirely African-American cast. And because there’s no such thing as too much Beyoncé, we’ll be booking ourselves front-row seats to watch Dreamgirls, the Oscar-winning 2006 film loosely based on the story of The Supremes. Prepare to hum Listen all the way home… 17 May-30 June; from £8; Belvedere Rd, London, SE1