|
10 Years of African Odysseys. Saturday 15 July 2-5pm
A double bill of block-busting action and amazing documentary film to recognise a full decade of monthly African/Caribbean film sessions at the BFI Southbank.
Besouro. A legendary Brazilian revolutionary uses spirituality and his African martial arts skills to fight for his people. This all action drama has Capoeria fight scenes designed by the Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon team . This is the most popular, requested and talked about film in our 10 year history. Tickets HERE
Boy 23. How 50 'adopted' black boys survived a Nazi run plantation in 1930's Brazil. An amazing true story of survival, betrayal and denial .Tickets HERE
Please share this info with 20 friends via, Email, Facebook, Whatsapp, Twitter, Snapchat etc. Click the icons below for social media
|
|
|
Boy 23: Brazil's Nazi plantation
and Black resistance
Saturday 15th July 2-5pm (click trailer to view)
Josef Mengele the infamous Auschwitz doctor who experimented on captured children during World War Two fled Germany and lived in Brazil during the 1960s. Even before the end of the war, South America was a haven for eugenic experiments and white supremacists. Brazil was once home to the world’s second-largest Nazi party after Germany.
The documentary 'Boy 23' tells the story of a plantation of Black children run by wealthy Nazi sympathisers in the 1940s. The film focuses on how the Rocha family “adopted” around 50 black boys from orphanages and took them to live as 'workers' on their farm. They were not allowed names only numbers.
The remaining members of that family declined to participate in the documentary. Instead, they opened a blog to criticize the film, calling it “sensationalist". The film is actually based on a doctoral thesis by professor-historian Sidney Aguilar Filho.
It zeroes in on survivors Aloísio Silva (“23”) and Argemiro Santos, both around 90 when interviewed, who recount their years as unwitting prisoners as well as their resistance and adulthood.
|
|
|
Support the Pan African Cinema archive
Created by the legendary June Givanni
The Pan African Cinema Archive needs your support in raising £10,000 to help secure the future, independence and accessibility of this unique archival collection. Please donate HERE
June Givanni’s Pan African Cinema Archive (JGPACA) is a unique volunteer-run audio-visual archive that houses a significant collection of pan-African visual culture. The collection is founded on the life’s work of June Givanni, whose dedication and passion for the work and legacy of Black filmmakers has culminated in a extraordinary collection of more than 10,000+ items collected over a 35 year period.
The material in the collection spans the globe and ties together many of the creative and political links that Pan-Africanism has created. Many such historical film items are being lost to dust or taken over by Eurocentric organisations. With your donations you can help the archive promote and support the work of Black filmmakers from Africa, the UK, the Caribbean, North America and right across the African diaspora; secure its space, and provide information about this unique cultural, educational and curatorial resource.
|
|
|
Nubian Jak breaks the internet with Black War memorial !
The incredible Nubian Jak organisation has unveiled a war memorial to those people of African descent who have served in British forces. Although it is more than 70 years since the end of World War 2 , this is the first memorial of its kind. Unveiled in Brixton last week the monument salutes Black soldiers in Britain from Roman times to the Napoleonic period and beyond.
The Nubian Jak group has put up more than 30 plaques all over the country to recognise famous Black people that are ignored by mainstream institutions. Sidney Bechet, Learie Constantine, Connie Marks, Claudia Jones, Mary Prince are just a few of the names embedded in stone thanks to Jak Beula, founder of Nubian Jak . Black History Walks was proud to sponsor two such plaques, one to reggae legend Dennis Brown and the other to carnival genius and Civil Rights activist Frank Crichlow.
Even putting up one plaque is expensive, time consuming and full of racist obstacles. The erection of an entire memorial that was attended by the Mayor of London, government MP's, Commonwealth representatives, high ranking military officers; plus a parade and the resulting international coverage, is a massive achievement for which Jak Beula and his team deserve utmost respect and massive gratitude.
|
|
|
Black Presence in the National Gallery Walk
Sunday 30th July 1pm.
Click image above to book
From the margins to the centre. From objects and subjects of economic capital ;to creators and definers of cultural capital. Our African focused tour of the National Gallery reveals the many and varied Black presences to be found in the paintings and works on display from 1500's to 1900's. The tour looks at why they are there, what they meant in their time and what they mean to us today. We will cover:
|
|
|
With an increase in racial attacks since Brexit there is a massive amount of racist propaganda in mainstream media. Our activities are one way of combating such attitudes. .Please share this info with 20 friends via, Email, Facebook, Whatsapp, Twitter, Snapchat etc. Click the icons below for social media
|
|
|
Dr Strange Black History movie breakdown
Fridays 14th and 21st June 6-8.30pm
Kings Cross area, more info and tickets HERE
Repeated by popular demand. Hollywood has a habit of borrowing stories from other cultures but representing them as their own: Disney's Lion King was based upon an orginal African folk tale, Christopher Nolan's Inception borrows heavily from Japanese anime movie Paprika, James Cameron's Avatar is very similar to Studio Giblhi's Princess Mononoke. Dr Strange the movie based on the 1970s comic is chock full of obvious and discrete references to African and Asian culture. In this interactive film analysis, in this double session we will cover:
- Ancient African symbols
- Egyptian myths and legends
- The Iron Man connection
- Who is the real Mordo?
- The Black History of Thor
- Black dance influence on the magic
- Whitewashing
- Astral projection, real or imagined ?
After online tickets are sold out there will be some tickets on the door but if you turn up late ,expect to stand.
|
|
|
Coming events at our new venue..
Black Panther movie breakdown
Call of duty video game breakdown
Sisters in Science Fiction: TV Roles
Ola Balgun season @BFI Southbank
James Baldwin course repeated AGAIN in September/October !!
African Superheroes Day
Black History Walks in Hackney
Horror: Why does the black guy always have to die ?
Queen Nzingha lecture: Black female educators
Marika's 80th, a celebration of B.A.S.A (Black and Asian Studies Association)
|
|
|
Get on the mail list for future events HERE
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
