Tag Archives: Black Lives Matter

DRAX OF DRAX HALL: A deep dive in Squirarchy, a Dorset family’s past and the legacy of slavery.

Investigative journalist, Paul Lashmar, delivers a searing, in depth exposé of how a single British family built – and preserved – its fortune through centuries of slavery, land ownership, and imperial exploitation. Prior to sitting down at the Mac to … Continue reading

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LITTLE MISS STAR

DJ Paulette’s Welcome To The Club is an enlightening journey through the highs and lows of a life in electronic dance music that spans three decades. Written from a Black woman’s perspective it provides a rallying call for future generations. … Continue reading

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LIFE BETWEEN ISLANDS: CARIBBEAN BRITISH ART 1950’s – NOW….

This radical and essential show at Tate Britain builds on the momentum of the Black Lives Matter Movement and will hopefully prove as educational and as popular as the hugely successful Soul Of A Nation. It’s midday on an icy … Continue reading

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‘BEING BLACKER’: A radical encounter between BAFTA Winning film-maker MOLLY DINEEN and Brixton’s BLACKER DREAD

‘Being Blacker’ is a unique, uncompromising and radical 90 minute documentary and both Molly Dineen and Steve’Blacker Dread’ Martin take to the road to launch the film in a cinema near you prior to it airing on BBC2 on March … Continue reading

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WAYNE & HERBIE: TALKIN’ LOUD & SAYING SOMETHING!

After decades of both collaboration and mutual respect, jazz legends Wayne Shorter and Herbie Hancock have penned an extraordinary and thought provoking open letter to the next generation of artists. It reflects their feelings on recent world events and how … Continue reading

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BLACK LIVES MATTER! TA-NEHISI COATES WINS US NATIONAL BOOK AWARD

TA-NEHISI COATES’ ‘BETWEEN THE WORLD & ME’ WINS US NATIONAL BOOK AWARD This morning I opened my computer only to watch a black man, Mercutio Southall, wearing a ‘Black Lives Matter’ T shirt being punched, kicked, choked and racially abused … Continue reading

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BLACK PANTHER PARTY: Vanguard Of The Revolution

Black Panther Party: Vanguard Of The Revolution hit the big screen at Hackney’s Rio Cinema during the East London Film Festival and was joy to behold. It is now poised for nationwide release. In the shadow of on-going institutionalised police … Continue reading

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