Democracy in Dakar, 26 September
Saturday 26 September 2pm-5.00pm BFI Southbank (near Royal Festival Hall) Belvedere Road SE1 Tube: Waterloo. Tickets ₤5, best to book early Phone 0207 928 3232 www.bfi.org.uk/southbank ..explores the transformative role of hip-hop on politics in Senegal, during the February 2007 presidential election. Through the eyes of youth this documentary mixes interviews, freestyles, and commentary […]
African Remembrance Day, 22 August
Saturday 22 August 11am & 2pm BFI Southbank (near Royal Festival Hall) Belvedere Road SE1 Tube: Waterloo.Tickets ₤5, best to book early Phone 0207 928 3232 www.bfi.org.uk/southbank Haiti Double Bill: in recognition of the heroic African freedom fighters who in 1791 inspired by Boukman Dutty (above) fought and beat the British, Spanish and French […]
Bab Sebta, 25 July
Saturday 27 July 2pm-5.00pm BFI Southbank (near Royal Festival Hall), Belvedere Road SE1 Tube: Waterloo.Tickets ₤5, best to book early, Phone 0207 928 3232 www.bfi.org.uk/southbank Bab Sebta is the last point in Morocco before you enter Europe via Portugal/Spain. Coming from every part of Africa, a river of men and women are prepared to cross […]
Struggles for a Black Community, 27 June
Saturday 27 June 2pm-5.00pm BFI Southbank (near Royal Festival Hall) Belvedere Road SE1 Tube: Waterloo. Tickets ₤5, best to book early Phone 0207 928 3232 www.bfi.org.uk/southbank Two films by hardcore and long term anti-racist Colin Prescod, currently chair of the Institute for Race Relations. A Town Under Siege shows how blacks and asians in Southall […]
Black Women, Success Stories. 27 June
Saturday 27 June 12.00pm-3.00pm Tube: Aldgate East, Liverpool St ₤6 adults, under 16 free Venue: on application This session will see three women from various professions explain exactly how they got into them. Natalie: Buy Side Equities Analyst & TraderPamela: Own IT Training company for 20 yearsMonica: Consultant Clinical PsychologistEach woman will start their […]
The Future is Elsewhere (L’avenir est Ailleurs) 30 May
Saturday 30 May 2pm-5.00pm BFI Southbank (near Royal Festival Hall) Belvedere Road SE1 Tube: Waterloo.Tickets ₤5, best to book early. Phone 0207 928 3232 www.bfi.org.uk/southbank in association with Images of Black Women, MnMn Begay and Somalis Unite The recent riots in Martinique and Guadeloupe were largely glossed over by the British media, but they represent […]
Black British Footballers 1890-1990, 23 May
Saturday 23 May 1pm-4.30pm Imperial War Museum, Lambeth Road SE1.Tube: Lambeth North. Free entry: First come,first served www.iwm.org.uk Premiere of the new Walter Tull movie plus Q and A with BAFTA award winning director Alrick Riley who also directed Spooks, Hustle and Hotel Babylon. Walter Tull was one of the first black footballers.He was also […]
How to Brainwash the Youth and make them act like Fools ! 16 May
Saturday 16th May 7.30-9.30pm Light on the Hill Church, 1A Vaughn Rd, Harrow HA1, Tube: Harrow on the Hill, West Harrow Adm: £5.00 . Children half price. Colourful Network 07811396145Previously sold out. Colourful Kids present this highly rated in-your-face seminar aimed at children and parents to illustrate how they are conditioned via Hollywood movies, music […]
Children, Black History and the school system, 16 May
Saturday 16th May 4.30pm-6.30pm Light on the Hill Church, 1A Vaughn Rd, Harrow HA1, Tube: Harrow on the Hill,West Harrow Adm: £5.00 (half price for kids) in advance. Ring Colourful Network 07811396145. How to get the best for yourself and your child Previously sold out, this highly rated interactive presentation is for those adults […]
Black British Civil Rights Heroes 1596 to 2006, 26 April
Above: Revolutionary hard-core sister and Brixton Black Panther, Olive Morris http://rememberolivemorris.wordpress.com Sunday 26 April 1pm-4.30pm Imperial War Museum, Lambeth Road SE1.Tube: Lambeth North. Free entry: First come,first served www.iwm.org.uk The bias in schools gives the impression that racism and civil rights was an American issue and totally ignores the struggles Black British people endured. For […]