Films 2009 – blackhistory walks

Walks, Talks & Films All Year Long

Events take place monthly, year-round at various museums, cinemas, theatres

Adults and Children Welcome

Educational Films, Talks and Walks on African/British History. Films listed below

Admission varies from free to £10.00

Saturday Schools Welcome

Bespoke events arranged for schools,Colleges,Universities, Staff Groups

Teacher Training, Parent Workshops, Short/Long Term Pupil interventions,

Community Cohesion, P.V.E, Y.OI, Secure Units catered for

Coming Events available on relevant menu Walk, Talks, Films

Details info@blackhistorywalks.co.uk

Add yourself to our mail list http://www.blackhistorywalks.co.uk/contact-us.html for advance notice of coming events

The End of Poverty, 12.12.09

The End of Poverty

Saturday 12 December 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

Global poverty did not just happen. It began with military conquest, slavery and colonization that resulted in the seizure of land, minerals and forced labor. Today, the problem persists because of unfair debt, trade and tax policies — in other words, wealthy countries taking advantage of poor, developing countries.

Martin Sheen, narrates The End of Poverty?, a feature-length documentary by award-winning director, Philippe Diaz, which explains how today’s financial crisis is a direct consequence of these unchallenged policies that have lasted centuries. Consider that 20% of the planet’s population uses 80% of its resources and consumes 30% more than the planet can regenerate.

Filmed in the slums of Africa and the barrios of Latin America, The End of Poverty? features expert insights from: Nobel prize winners in Economics, Amartya Sen and Joseph Stiglitz; acclaimed authors Susan George, Eric Toussaint, John Perkins, Chalmers Johnson; university professors William Easterly and Michael Watts; government ministers such as Bolivia’s Vice President Alvaro Garcia Linera and the leaders of social movements in Brazil, Venezuela, Kenya and Tanzania . It is produced by Cinema Libre Studio in collaboration with the Robert Schalkenbach Foundation.

Can we really end poverty within our current economic system? Think again. www.theendofpoverty.com

The film has been selected to over 25 international film festivals and will be released in theatres in November 2009. Produced by Cinema Libre Studio with the Robert Schalkenbach Foundation, 104mins, 2008, in English, Spanish, French with English Subtitles

Black Victims of the Germans 1904 to World War 2, 5.12.09

Black Victims of the Germans 1904 to World War 2

Saturday 5th December 1pm-4.30pm

Imperial War Museum Lambeth Road SE1

Tube: Lambeth North.

Adm: Free. First come, first served

Bring pen and pad and be on time

www.iwm.org.uk

What we know today as the Holocaust was researched, rehearsed and refined in Africa with African people long before 1939. Although it is hardly mentioned, German people in their colony of Namibia stole land from African people and when they fought back built railroads, labour camps and medical experiment labs in Namibia in order to work them to death or experiment on their bodies to see how they were able to cope with heat. This happened in 1906 and the German government even apologised in 2004. This underviewed documentary states the case with detailed testimony from Namibian and German people and evidence from German secret files.

The fact is that there were also black people in Germany before, during and after WW2 . Some even joined the army, some were entertainers, hundreds were sterilised and a vast number were sent to the gas chambers.

Film: A Charmed Life: The Eddie Noble Story

A Charmed Life: The Eddie Noble Story

Saturday 14 November 2pm-4.00pm

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

Eddie Noble was a jamaican WW2 veteran who served in the RAF, he wrote several books and was heavily involved in the fight for racial equality. After an attack by National Front members he was so severely injured he could no longer control his tear ducts and appeared to be constantly crying. Patrick Vernon founder of www.everygeneration.co.uk and a councillor in Hackney, spent a year recording his story before he died aged 87.

Talk: Black Fathers in the 21st Century.

Black Fathers in the 21st Century

Saturday 17th October 4pm-8pm

Light on the Hill Church, Harrow

Tube: Harrow on the Hill

Adm: £10.00 adults. £5.00 youth (12-17)

07838102024/07811396145 info@colourfulevents.co.uk

Stephen Brooks       National Manager Black Boys Can
Dr Olusina Alakija    Consultant Child Psychiatrist
Tony Warner           Diaspora Activist/Historian

An empowering, interactive seminar aimed at parents/carers of, and professionals working with, black children.Topics include:
*The impact of history on the black man.
*From Boyhood to Manhood the obstacles to development.
*The absent father, emotional vs physical.
*Male and Female tools for positive parenting.

400 Years of Black Women Resistance Leaders, 27 September

Sunday 27th September 1pm-4.30pm

Imperial War Museum Lambeth Road SE1

Tube: Lambeth North. Adm: Free. First come, first served www.iwm.org.uk

Visual biographical details of black women from all over the world who have resisted slavery, colonialism and racism . Women do not get the historical credit they deserve. This event will give the audience video and documentary evidence of the who, what and why of 40 female fighters who used pistols, pens or placards to fight for equality.

Bring notepad and pen and be on time.

Women include: Queen Nzinga, May Jemison, Dora Akunyili, Dame Jocelyn Barrow, Una Marson, Edna Ismail, Lieutentant Sanite Belair, Althea Gibson, Mavis Best, Fawzia Hashim, Dr Beryl Gilroy, Leyla Hussein, Edna Ismail, Benadita Da Silva, Ellen Sirleaf Johnson, Dr Patrica Bath, and many more.

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 from journalists, artists, and politicians

More Events coming soon. Join the mail list for advance notice.

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 racists and abolished slavery in 1804.

Passion for a Country 11am-1pm

This exploration of Haitian society of the late 19th and early 20th centuries focuses on the tormented life of one of Haiti’s most important authors and prominent political figures, Jacques Roumain. His perceptive writings illuminated issues still relevant today. In Creole and French with English subtitles

The Agronomist 2pm-5pm

The Agronomist is about Jean Leopold Dominique who hosted Radio Haiti the first independent radio station in Haiti. Director Jonathan Demme uses historical footage and interviews. The result is a serious recount of Haiti during its numerous regime changes.

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 the continent, at risk of death, just to live in a another continent that does not want them. This is their story from their perspective

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 organised to resist racist attacks between 1976 and 1981. From You Were Black, You Were Out ! describes the conditions in Ladbroke Grove, when black people mobilised against white racist gang attacks in 1958 Followed by Q and A with Colin Prescod.

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