Films
Haiti's Women: Educational Film Day /Fundraiser
Sat 27 March 2.15-5.45pm
Beethoven Centre, Third Avenue,Queens Park, London, W10
- Haiti and Somalia: The hidden connection
- How Disney made Haitian women poor
- Female Haitian Heroes
- Shadism in the Dominican Republic and discrimination against Haitians
- The Lambi project: 13 years of Haitian 'Do for Self, Garveyism'
- 200,000 dead in Haiti, 4 million dead in the Congo, Which do we know more about and why ?
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Part of a whole day of films on Reggae, Ethiopia and Haile Selassie
Saturday 13 March
11.00am-1pm Resisting the System
plus
2pm to 5pm Twilight Revelations: Episodes in the life and times of Haille Selassie
BFI Southbank (near Royal Festival Hall)
Belvedere Road SE1 Tube: Waterloo.
Tickets ₤5,
Phone 0207 928 3232
www.bfi.org.uk/southbank
RESISTING THE SYSTEM: REGGAE IN THE 21ST CENTURY An insightful and thought provoking film by Dr. Lez Henry exploring Black Consciousness, Sexism, Homophobia and Shadism in Reggae culture today. The film examines the popular view that Reggae Music, which was once synonymous with One Love now represents, it seems, the biggest threat to global social harmony in popular music
Dr Lez is a leading cultural critic and author. His books include, What the Deejay Said and Whiteness Made Simple
To find out more about Dr 'Lez' Henry click http://www.nubeyond.com/consultantsx.htm
Ethiopia’s last emperor Haile Selassie (1892 – 1975) is to this day revered by the million-strong Rastafarian community. Yemane I Demissie’s documentary shows us the man behind the myth. Mixed with archive footage and photographs of Selassie taken during official functions, are comments of former members of the imperial administration describing their leader as a man who deeply loved his country. Further testimonies from his grandson and daughter-in-law depict a family man who doted on his grandchildren. In mixing history with family stories, political comment with personal memories, Demissie signs here a moving and insightful portrait of a defining figure in African history .Directed by Yemane Demissie
Doubled with Lion of Judah
Twilight Revelations: Episodes in the Life & Times of Emperor Selassie
Saturday 13 March 2pm -5.00pm
BFI SouthBank
Belvedere Road SE1
Tube: Waterloo.
www.bfi.org.uk
Ethiopia’s last emperor Haile Selassie (1892 – 1975) is to this day revered by the million-strong Rastafarian community. Yemane I Demissie’s documentary shows us the man behind the myth. Mixed with archive footage and photographs of Selassie taken during official functions, are comments of former members of the imperial administration describing their leader as a man who deeply loved his country. Further testimonies from his grandson and daughter-in-law depict a family man who doted on his grandchildren. In mixing history with family stories, political comment with personal memories, Demissie signs here a moving and insightful portrait of a defining figure in African history
Presented by Images of Black Women Film Festival & Black History Walks as part of International Womens Month
Sunday 14th March 1.00pm-3.00pm plus Q and A
NFT2 BFI Southbank
Belvedere Road , SE1
Free Entry: First Come, First Served. This event will start on time. Not suitable for under 16's
Tube: Waterloo
Jean-Baptiste and Magdaleine are a married couple who are forced towork on a sugar cane plantation in Dominican Republic. When their baby takes ill, they start to reflect on the future. Magdaleine cannot bear that life any longer and starts thinking about returning to Haiti. She is filled with nostalgia for her homeland, even though her family and that of her husband were murdered by the Tonton Macoute. Jean-Baptiste, however, still hopes to build a better life for himself and his wife within the Dominican Republic, perhaps by finding a new job. With the help of a militant doctor, Ernesto, the two manage to escape, The group make their way across the Dominican Republic, trying to forget the life of misery, and injustice they have known so far - a life which appears all the more shocking when contrasted with that of the wealthy foreign tourists flooding the island, passing their holidays in a parallel, carefree world of sun and tropical beaches
Plus short film on Haitian Superstar Emeline Michel
Black Mans Land, White Mans Country
Saturday 23 January 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
History of Kenya from a Kenyan perspective with two rare films made in 1970's
They detail how the British initially appeared as traders in East Africa before moving on to massacre numerous ethnic groups including Somalis, and Masai. Resistance leaders were killed, imprisoned or disappeared and replaced with quislings. The best land was stolen and given to British immigrants such as Lord Delamere. Schools and rites of passage customs were destroyed or disrupted and replaced with mission schools which only a few could attend. The Land and Freedom army was formed by ex WW2 veterans but the British refused to use their name and invented a new name, The Mau Mau. With extensive archive footage and extended interviews with the African resistance movement these unique films have eerie parallels with the modern day 'war on terror' and put a context on recent political and racial problems in Kenya