Films 12-03

"Simply astonishing from start to finish !!"

Womens Library

 London Metropolitan University

25 Old Castle Street

Tube: Aldgate East

Phone 0207 320 2222

Entry..£6.00

Found in a basement these are 40 year old never-before-seen interviews with Angela Davis, Stokely Carmichael, Huey P Newton, Kathleen Cleaver, Eldridge Cleaver, Harry Belafonte, Bobby Seale, Minister Farrakhan. Also featuring Erykah Badu, Talib Kweli and Mario Van Peebles.

See Trailer here http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jFWHNpfjByQ

The Black Power Mixtape 1967-1975 is unique. It gathers together a treasure trove of original film footage produced for Swedish television and shot in the US during that tempestuous period of American history, when the Black Power movement, anti-Vietnam-war protests, rebellious students, and a general resistance to authority captured the attention of the world — especially in Sweden, where in the words of filmmaker Göran Hugo Olsson, documentary-makers reacted "with a combination of commitment and naïveté" to the upheavals across the Atlantic.

The filmmakers, who include co-producer Danny Glover, added a 2011 commentary track from people inspired by the era, among them singers Erykah Badu and Harry Belafonte, hip-hop artist Talib Kweli, and actor/director Melvin Van Peebles. Amir "Questlove" Thompson's music soundtrack is superb. But the voices from the past are what really count. This is the first time most of us have had a chance to hear Carmichael, Eldridge Cleaver, and radical filmmaker Emile de Antonio (In the Year of the Pig, Point of Order), who offers a scathing summation of the political situation. We visit Oakland, Harlem, and Hallandale, Florida, and listen to returned Vietnam vets, Malcolm X, attorney William Kunstler, performer Abiodun Oyewole of the Last Poets, and Lewis Michaux, the proprietor of an African-American bookshop. These are the men and women Richard Nixon, J. Edgar Hoover, and the networks didn't want us to know about.

Hidden Colours: A history of the Moors, Aboriginals and Africans

Hidden Colors is an astonishing documentary. It's about the real and untold history of people of colour around the globe. It discusses some of the reasons the contributions of African and Aboriginal people have been left out of the pages of history.  The film features scholars, historians, and social commentators who detail such amazing facts  such as:

*The original image of Christ

*The true story about the Moors

*The original people of Asia

*The great west African empires

*The presence of Africans in America before Columbus

Watch trailer here http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2oqH7Dqpx0I

Plus Q and A with Spirit of the Pharoahs producer Terry Jervis

Great Films at Cottons

Sunday 25 March 3pm to 6pm

Cottons Caribbean Restaurant, 70 Exmouth Market, Islington EC1

Tube: Angel

Pay on the door.  £8.00 First come, first served.

Black History Walks is happy to work with Cottons Caribbean Restaurant to showcase excellent  African/Caribbean films and excellent African/Caribbean food. We will be having regular screenings at this luxurious and intimate venue so not only can you enjoy the best in black cinema but you can also sample the delicious weekend buffet

Whether you're in the mood for their famous Curried Goat, delicious Jerk Chicken or a mouthwatering piece of fish, their head chef, Andrew McIntosh, winner of the Caribbean Masterchef Award 2001, serves up an exquisite mix of traditional and fushion meals showcasing the wonders of the Caribbean at their finest.

This months film  (March)

WHITE SCRIPTS AND BLACK SUPERMEN: BLACK MASCULINITIES IN AMERICAN COMIC BOOKs

As a young boy, the filmmaker, Johnathon Gayle  loved comic books and the escape that they provided. However, as a young BLACK boy, his ability to truly escape was limited by the fact that many of the heroes were White. This documentary critically examines the earliest representations (1965-1977) of Black masculinity in comic books and the troubling influence of race on these representations. Within the last several years, many scholars have critically engaged comic books as a legitimate source of scholarly interest and critique. Indeed, comic books represent a genre within popular culture that is older than the television. Thinking critically about the manner in which Black men were first portrayed in hero serials provides insight into broader societal conceptions of the Black man as character, archetype and symbol. Through interviews with prominent artists, scholars and cultural critics along with images from the comic books themselves, it becomes clear that the Black superheroes that did eventually emerge are generally constrained by stereotypical understandings of Black people and Black men in particular. From the humorous, to the offensive, to the tragic, early Black superheroes never strayed too far from common stereotypes about Black men.

The documentary addresses more than forty years of representation of Black men in comic books. It addresses the following topics within the broader theme

• A general history of early Black male superheroes

• The manner in which these characters are generally constrained to the “ghetto”

• Evidence of the “Black Buck” stereotype

• The manner in which their powers are limited and qualified in comparison to White heroes

• The influence of Blaxploitation films on these representations

• The impact of racism, racial thinking on the publishing and distribution of titles featuring Black heroes

• The influence of ethnicity on the creation of superhero characters

• The distinction between African and African-American representations of Black superheroes

Cast (Interviewees)

Jeffrey Brown (Bowling Green State University),

Stanford W. Carpenter (School of the Art Institute of Chicago)

Sundiata Keita Cha-Jua (University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign)

Julian Chambliss (Rollins College)

Jelani Cobb (Spelman College)

Christian Davenport (University of Notre Dame)

Bill Foster (Comic Book Historian)

Reginald Hudlin (Film Producer)

Tony Isabella (Comic Book Writer)

John Jennings (State University of New York at Buffalo)

Korby Marks (Comic Book Writer)

Elise McCutchen (Undergraduate Student)

Dwayne McDuffie (Comic Book Writer

Adilifu Nama (Loyal Marymount University)

Mark Anthony Neal (Duke University)

Yumy Odom (Comic Book Writer/ Founder of the East Coast Black Age of Comics Convention)

Michael Sales (Comic Book Writer)

Guy Sims (Comic Book Writer)

Marc Singer (Howard University)

Anthony Tallarico (Comic Book Artist)

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Your Feet and Your Health

Thursday 22nd March  6.45-8.45 pm

Pimlico Academy, Lupus Street, SW1V3AT

Tube: Pimlico on Victoria line, 5 mins walk

www.blackhistorywalks.co.uk

Admission £6.00 pay on the door. First come, First served

Your feet mirror your general health but they are often severely neglected compared to  eyes, teeth and hair. Such conditions as arthritis, diabetes, nerve and circulatory disorders can show their initial symptoms in the feet  and 'minor' foot ailments can be your first sign of more serious medical problems.

There are approximately 250,000 sweat glands in a pair of feet they excrete as much as half a pint of moisture each day. There are times when you're walking when the pressure on your feet exceeds your body weight, and when you're running, it can be three or four times your weight. The 52 bones in your feet make up about one quarter of all the bones in your body. Women have roughly four times as many foot problems as men.

Get  the answers you need and find out how you can prevent problems  with headaches, backaches, pregnancy and circulation problems by simple footcare with chiropodist Joanne Williams-Roberts. Ms Roberts operates out of Dermacia Pharmacy at 260 Upper Street Islington and can be booked for private consultations on 0207 359 1126

This event is sponsored by Portable Training