Films 11
Thursday 27 Jan 7.00pm-10.00pm
URBAN SCREEN
TO SHOW TYLER PERRY’S LATEST FILM
“FOR COLORED GIRLS”+ panel discussion
@ RICH MIX CINEMA (Liverpool St. Tube)
Book : http://www.richmix.org.uk/film_forcoloredgirls.htm Or Tickets : £8.50 Adults £6 Conc.
URBAN SCREEN is honoured to be showing Tyler Perry's latest film FOR COLORED GIRLS on 27 January. FOR COLORED GIRLS has been adapted from a Tony award winning play called "For Colored Girls Who Have Considered Suicide When the Rainbow is Enuf" by Ntozake Shange. It is a deep profound conveying of poems which cover the multitude of women's issues, such as love, rape, suicide, death, birth. The film is beautifully delivered by its stellar cast of Thandie Newton, Janet Jackson, Michael Ealy, Hil Harper, Kerry Washington,Macy Gray, Whoopi Goldberg and all to a Nina Simone soundtrack. It is an important film for all women to see and is an important film in terms of Tyler Perry's development as a filmmaker. The film will be followed by a panel discussion
See trailer here http://www.thescreen.biz/screen.php?sid=170
URBAN SCREEN shows cutting edge films, industry Q&As, plus emerging new talent at The Albany, Rich Mix Cinema and The Gate Notting Hill. For more information see www.thescreen.biz <http://www.thescreen.biz> or email
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Sponsored by Film London and UK Film Council
Panel will be made up;
Fela Oke, Director of Goldrush Entertainment,
Goldrush Entertainment is the Production and Entertainment division of Goldrush Media Group, with its core value being empowerment. Goldrush Entertainment encompasses TV, film, theatre, Stage shows and event production empowering a new generation
http://www.goldrush-entertainment.com/
Campbell Ex, Filmmaker
She constantly pushes boundaries in visual aesthetics and content in moving image. She started out in making films for UK television and titles include Ragga Gyal D’Bout! about female fans of Ragga Music, the award-winning BD Women about Black lesbian stories, and Legacy about the psychological effect of Transatlantic slavery on family relationships.
Campbell also collaborates with other filmmakers and has been the sound person for Cheryl Dunye’s The OWLS and camera person for Jules Nurrish’s Bend It, Lisa Gornick’s Do I love you? and Tick Tock Lullaby as well as Paloma Etienne’s Notebooks and Unladylike Thoughts
Campbell would like to continue collaborating with other artist filmmakers. She is also happy to mentor anyone who shares the goals of BlackmanVision.
http://www.blackmanvision.com/
Shabina Aslam, Producer, Fmr Director of Diversity at BBC Radio Dramas and Rich Mix Board of Trustee,
Shabina Aslam is an experienced theatre director and producer. She has worked as an Associate Producer for the London International Festival of Theatre and also worked as Diversity Director for radio Drama for the BBC from 2003 – 2006. She was also an Associate Director of Theatre Venture from 1999 – 2001. She is currently working on Drama in The Mix for the BBC which aims to celebrate and showcase the creative talents of English, Drama and media students from Olympic Borough Secondary Schools. It will also highlight the ways the Games are already touching the lives of young people in East London
Baff Akato, Film Producer and Director
Baff Akoto studied at London's Ravensbourne College of Design & Communications, and went on to freelance with Reuters Television, Cartoon Network, MTV, Paramount, and Comedy Central. His directorial debut was Football Fables (2009), a documentary tracing the stories behind African football migration. The film won awards for Best Foreign Film and Best Feature Screenplay at the 2009 Rassegna Cinematografica Internazionale Palermo.
George Jackson: Death of a Revolutionary
PLUS
The Murder of Fred Hampton
Sat 5th Feburary 2-5pm
BFI Southbank, Belvedere Road SE1
Tube: Waterloo
Black Panther Field Marshall George Jackson inspired thousands inside and out of prison with his leadership and by authoring books like Blood in my Eye and Soledad Brothers. His positive influence proved too great and he was killed in an alleged prison escape one day before his trial. This 1971 ITV documentary contains interviews with his mother, Huey P Newton and Bobby Seale
Black Panther Deputy Chairman Fred Hampton was one of the most charismatic and inspirational leaders in the USA. He organised Free breakfasts for poor children and negotiated a peace deal between 6 different Chicago gangs who then used their members to help the community. The FBI and Chicago Police Department organised his assassination by paying an informer to drug him and draw a layout of his bedroom before arranging a police raid. Dismissed at the time as a 'conspiracy theory' this rare documentary uses government records and police informers to show how the American government murdered civil rights activists
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BlackHistoryWalks, Nu-Beyond, Positive Mental Attitude Community
College & Lewisham Black Staff Forum are hosting a series of events to
mark 30 years of Black resistance and transcendence in the UK. This
will be tied in with the United Nations declaration that this is the
Year of People of African Descent, so we have decided to utilise this
moment to make our collective position known.
Our first event will be The Black People's Day Of Action: Remembered
30 years On, which takes place at the Civic Suite, Catford, London on
Wednesday March 2nd (see flier for full details). This will be
followed by a series of BLAK Friday specials @ The PMACC on the 2nd
and last Friday of each month throughout the year where the focus will
be on our local and global struggles against white racism as Afrikan
people (full details to follow).
We will also be hosting larger events celebrating the outstanding
achievements of some of the stalwarts in our communities including
Prof Gus John (May), Mavis Best (TBC), Dame Sybil Phoenix (June) &
others TBC.
See Below for list of 14 events up to October
30 Years of Remembrance/Resistance: a series of events organised by community groups to recognise the social, cultural, legal and political significance of the New Cross Fire, The Back Peoples Day of Action and the Brixton Uprisings which all took place in 1981. 2011 is also United Nations International Year for People of African Descent. For more details of the events listed below contact This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it or This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it more events to be added, check this page every 10 days
March 2 Wednesday
Black Peoples Day of Action: 30 Years On
Speakers: Professor Gus John, Menelik Shabbaz, Mavis Best, Mia Morris Dr Lez Henry ,Elder Hera Kuti speak on how the march was organised, the day itself and its effect upon Britain plus spoken word and screening of Blood Ah go Run
7-10pm 240 seat, Lewishan Civic Centre, Catford SE6 4RU Entry: Free
www.nubeyond.com, www.blackhistorywalks.co.uk
March 11 Friday. (Blak Friday with Nubeyond)
400 Years of Black British Civil Rights:
Speaker: Black History Walks presents interactive audio/visual evidence on the African presence in England from 1596 onwards and how they fought for equality 7.30-10.30pm Positive Mental Attitude Community College, 26 Admiralty Close, Reginald Square, SE8 4SS www.pmacc.co.uk: £8.00 waged, £5.00 Concessions Entry
www.nubeyond.com, www.blackhistorywalks.co.uk
March 19 Saturday
Bob Marley: The Making of a Legend
A brand new documentary on this reggae icon whose political lyrics inspired the black community through the 70’s and 80’s. His African consciousness and Rastafari teachings informed a new generation about Marcus Garvey, Paul Bogle and the spirit of resistance in the struggles against apartheid in Zimbabwe and the Sus laws in Brixton. Produced ny Esther Anderson and Gian Cody 11am-1pm at BFI Southbank, Belvedere Road SE1.Tickets £7.00. Need to book in advance
www.bfi.org.uk www.blackhistorywalks.co.uk
March 25 Friday (Blak Friday with Nubeyond)
400 Years of Black Women Resistance Fighters
International women's day is 8 March 2011
Speaker: Black History Walks presents 45 unheralded black women from around the world and their contribution to world history. Generals, spies, politicians, ,astronauts, community leaders, women you’ve never heard of are revealed and given their true place in history
7.30-10.30pm Positive Mental Attitude Community College,26 Admiralty Close, Reginald Square, SE8 4SS www.pmacc.co.uk
Entry: £8.00 waged, £5.00 unwaged
www.nubeyond.com www.blackhistorywalks.co.uk
April 9 Saturday
Blood Ah Go Run plus Masterclass with Director Menelik Shabbaz
Classic footage of the Black Peoples Day of Action March 2nd 1981 the biggest political action by African/Caribbean people
there has ever been when 20,000 marched from New Cross to Central London dealing with police brutality and Fleet street journalists that spat on them and gave Nazi salutes. Plus extended interview on grassroots film-making, political activism and the way forward 11am-1pm at 450 seat BFI Southbank, Belvedere Road SE1. Tickets £7.00. Need to book in advance
www.bfi.org.uk www.blackhistorywalks.co.uk
April 9 Saturday
The Story of Lovers Rock plus Q & A with Menelik Shabbaz
The premiere screening of the only documentary on Lovers Rock. At a time when BBC refused to play reggae on the radio and nightclubs had an open ban on black people, Lovers Rock provided sounds and lyrics to uplift the soul against the oppression. It was the glue that kept the black community alive through decades of official government abuse. Reggae Britannia recently sold out and when the Lovers Rock section came on the crowd went wild . Directed by Menelik Shabbaz 2-5pm at 450 seat BFI Southbank, Belvedere Road SE. www,bfi.org.uk Tickets £7.00. Need to book in advance
www.bfi.org.uk www.blackhistorywalks.co.uk
April 15 Friday (Blak Friday with Nubeyond)
Sound Systems as Cultural Resistance
Speaker: Dr Lez Henry on how black music was used to inform and liberate in 1980’s Britain. Black people were banned from clubs and black promoters found it hard to get venues. The solution , mobile sound systems which would move around London playing particular beats and lyrics that kept the community alive and informed
7.30-10.30pm Positive Mental Attitude Community College,26 Admiralty Close, Reginald Square, SE8 4SS www.pmacc.co.uk
Entry: £8.00 waged, £5.00 concessions www.nubeyond.com www.blackhistorywalks.co.uk
April 29th Friday (Blak Friday with Nubeyond)
Topic: The Infinity of black history
Speaker Paul Obinna creator of the 8000 year African timeline www.hogarth-blake.com
7.30-10.30pm Positive Mental Attitude Community College,26 Admiralty Close, Reginald Square, SE8 4SS www.pmacc.co.uk
Entry £8.00 waged, £5.00 unwaged
www.nubeyond.com www.blackhistorywalks.co.uk
May 13th Friday (Blak Friday with Nubeyond)
30 years of Mental Health
Speaker: Matilda Macattram Director of Black Mental Health UK www.blackmentalhealth.org.uk on attitudes and realities then and now. Many young black people in the 1980’s were misdiagnosed and sectioned in institutions while overdosed with drugs. Picking or washing rice was seen as mentally deficient at the same time the pressure of dealing with racism drove some people insane. 7.30-10.30pm Positive Mental Attitude Community College, 26 Admiralty Close, Reginald Square, SE8 4SS www.pmacc.co.uk
Entry £8.00 waged, £5.00 unwaged
www.nubeyond.com www.blackhistorywalks.co.uk
May 27 Friday ( Blak Friday with Nubeyond)
The Haitian Revolution
Speaker: Panyin Aikins on the details, effects and legacy of the revolution. Putting the uprising in its international context of Tunisia in 2011.
7.30-10.30pm Positive Mental Attitude Community College, 26 Admiralty Close, Reginald Square, SE8 4SS www.pmacc.co.uk
Entry £8.00 waged,£5.00 unwaged www.nubeyond.com,www.blackhistorywalks.co.uk
June 10 ( Blak Friday with Nubeyond)
Soweto Uprising 1976/Brixton Uprisings 1981
Speaker: Dr Kimani Nehusi on youth resistance, reasons and comparisons
7.30-10.30pm Positive Mental Attitude Community College, 26 Admiralty Close, Reginald Square, SE8 4SS www.pmacc.co.uk
Entry : £8.00 waged, £5.00 unwaged
www.nubeyond.com, www.blackhistoywalks.co.uk
June 17 Thursday
The Sybil Phoenix Story & the Soweto Uprising.
The first black woman to receive an MBE on how she set up the first black youth club (Moonshot) in the 1970’s, which played such an important role in the New Cross Fire response and the Black Peoples Day of Action
Speaker: Sybil Phoenix and others
7-10pm at 240 seat Lewishan Civic Centre, Catford SE6 4RU
Entry : Free www.nubeyond.com, www.blackhistorywalks.co.uk
October 2011 Date to be announced
Burning an Illusion 30 years on The classic British film directed by Menelik Shabbaz will be treated to a Gala performance and review with stars from the film reflecting on its impact and comparing life then to life now. Venue 450 seat BFI Southbank. www.bfi.org.uk www.blackhistorywalks.co.uk
Further events to be announced. Check this page for details in 10 days time
This initiative is supported by ..
Nubeyond www.nubeyond.com
Positive Mental Attitude Community College www.pmacc.co.uk
Lewisham Black Staff Forum
Nubian Jak www.nubianjak.com
Black History Walks www.blackhistorywalks.co.uk
Well Placed Consultancy www.black-history-month.co.uk
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Interview with a Veteran
Training Room 3
Imperial War Museum 11am-1pm
Lambeth Road SE1
Tube: Lambeth North
Entry Free: first come first served
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Breast Cancer and Women of African descent.
Plus Q &A with Sister Abi and Marina a Breast Cancer Survivor
Thursday 12 May 7.00pm to 9.00pm (arrive early)
Science Museums Dana Centre 165 Queens Gate, London SW5:
Tube: South Kensington/Gloucester Roadon District/Circle.Piccadilly line
Entry: Free only if you book in advance over 18's only
The Dana Centre and café are licensed premises open only to those aged 18 or over. Arrive early to enjoy a wide variety of delicious food and drink in our air-conditioned d.café.
This presentation by Sister Abi aims to empower women with information to help defeat breast cancer. It will cover:
* 5 steps you can take to reduce your risk ,
* How not breast feeding can increase your risk
* What food and lifestyles increase liability
* The signs that ensure early detection.
* How such information is made difficult to access (there has only ever been one study on how cancer affects black women in the UK)
Sister Abi holds a first degree in Medical Bio-chemistry, a masters in Clinical bio-chemistry and is pursuing another masters in Public Health. She is currently Programme Manager for an infomatics project for a major cancer charity. She has been featured on Colourful Radio and will be in the next edition of the New African Woman magazine for her cancer prevention work
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