400 Years of Black Women Resistance Leaders
A three-hour comprehensive sample of African women who resisted invasion, slavery and racist policies. Includes Queen Nzinga,Yaa Asantewa, Claudia Jones, Rosa Parks, Josephine Baker, Doris Pilkington, Mende Nazer, Mavis Best, Dame Joceyln Barrow, Una Marson and many more. Covers UK, North and South America, the Caribbean and Africa
White Supremacy at the Movies
Black History Walks, Talks & Films13 Years of Education ThroughFilm Black History is longer than a month.. 17 December 2014 I Can’t Breathe: Mubenga White Supremacy at the Movies :: New Fibroids resource for Black women :: Are you part of the problem ? Destination: Planet Negro! (theatrical trailer) […]
Outside the Law Sat 14 July 2pm
Outside the Law: The heroic African fight against savage French colonialism Sat 14 July 2-5pm. part of African Oddyseys at the BFI BFI Southbank, Belvedere Road SE1Tube: Waterloo www.bfi.org.uk Admission £6.50 best to book early Outside the Law is a 2010 drama film directed by Rachid Bouchareb, starring Jamel Debbouze, Roschdy Zem and Sami Bouajila. […]
Geroge Jackson and Fred Hampton: Assassination of the Black Panthers, Sat 5.2.11
George Jackson: Death of a Revolutionary PLUS The Murder of Fred Hampton Sat 5th Feburary 2-5pm BFI Southbank, Belvedere Road SE1 Tube: Waterloo www.bfi.org.uk ‘Black men born in the U.S.A and fortunate enough to live past the age of 18 are conditioned to accept the inevitability of prison. For most of us, it simply looms […]
The Story of Lovers Rock, Sat 16 April 2-5pm
In Celebration of Our Sisters & Black History Walks present.. The Story of Lovers Rock, plus Q & A with Menelik Shabbaz Saturday 16 April 2-5pm Coronet Cinema 103 Notting Hill Gate, London W11 3LB. Notting Hill Gate Tube Tickets £8.00. Available online only , no sales on the door, from http://www.wegottickets.com/event/108425) The STORY OF […]
Nigeria Day Sat 30.10.10
Nigeria Day Naij at 11am to 1pm and The Figurine 2pm to 5pm Buy a ticket for Naij and see the Figurine for Free! Saturday 30 October 2pm -5.00pm BFI SouthBank Belvedere Road SE1 Tube: Waterloo. Tickets £5.00 0207 928 3232 www.bfi.org.uk www.blackhistorywalks.co.uk Naij by Jide Naij played to hundreds of amazed people last year. Corruption, mismanagement, […]
Cy Grant Day Sun 7.11.10
Cy Grant Day at BFI Sunday 7th November 11am-4pm BFI SouthBank Belvedere Road SE1 Tube: Waterloo. Tickets £5.00 0207 928 3232 www.bfi.org.uk www.blackhistorywalks.co.uk Cy Grant tribute day TRIBUTE TO CY GRANT: A Guyanese RAF war veteran who was a prisoner of war in WW2 who then became a lawyer, actor, singer, writer, broadcaster, cultural activist, […]
Ghosts of Rwanda Sun.25.4.10
Ghosts of Rwanda Sunday 25 April 1.30pm to 5pm Conference Room 1st Floor Imperial War Museum Lambeth Road SE1 Tube: Lambeth North Free entry: First come, first served Bring pen and pad and be on time www.iwm.org.uk A multi award winning history of the international response to the 1994 Rwandan genocide which has yet to be screened […]