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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
How Cuba Freed Africa, 20 September
Above: Female Cuban soldiers were crucial in the battle against Apartheid in Angola Saturday 20 September 2.00pm-4.30pmBFI Southbank (near Royal Festival Hall) Belvedere Road SE1Tube: Waterloo.Admission £5.00 Box office 0207 928 3232 website: www.bfi.org.uk The full story of Cuba’s direct and continuing influence on the history of the world is not widely known . In […]
Africa Addio, 25 April
Saturday 25 April 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 Africa Addio (Italy 1966) Part of the Mondo Caine school. This is the film that preceded the banned and hated Goodbye Uncle Tom and was said to be […]
White King, Red Rubber, Black Death, 21 March
Saturday 21 March 2pm-4.30pm BFI Southbank (near Royal Festival Hall) Belvedere Road SE1 Tube: Waterloo. Tickets ₤5 Phone 0207 928 3232 www.bfi.org.uk/southbank King Leopold II of Belgium in the early 20th century turned the Congo into a vast rubber-harvesting labour camp in which he killed millions and amputated the hands of tens of thousands […]
Cuba an African Odyssey, 31 January
Above: Female troops were crucial at the battle of Cuito Caval in Angola against apartheid forces Saturday 31 January 2pm-4.30pm 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 Previously sold out. From the assassination of Patrice Lumumba in the Congo to […]
Ten Week Course in African/Caribbean Film 22 January
Above pic: Pioneers in the fight for civil rights and African culture Mia Morris and Lord Ouseley From Thursdy 22 January for 10 weeks 18.30pm-20.30pm BFI Southbank (near Royal Festival Hall) Belvedere Road SE1 Tube: Waterloo.Cost ₤86, concessions ₤43, best to book early. Phone 0207 815 1301 Explore the contribution of the African and Caribbean […]