Black History Walks Newsletter 2.3.22
Black history is longer than a month...
Walks, Talks & Films on African history all year long
20 years of Education Through Film
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Above: Trinidadian Edric Connor, was a Black star of stage and screen in 1940s/50s London. He set up his own film production company to tell authentic Black stories, and created a Black and Asian actors agency to get jobs and decent roles in the racist theatre world. He championed African/Caribbean art/culture and recorded and promoted rare folk songs. He directed Claudia Jones first carnival in 1959 and promoted steel pan. He worked with Sidney Poitier, Cy Grant, Robert Mitchum and Rita Hayworth. Find out more about this amazing, polymath pioneer and see his rare films like, 'Bound for Lagos' and 'Caribbean Honeymoon', come along this Sunday 6th March 2 pm yo our African Odysseys film programme.
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Above: Fantastic films with Edric Connor. Sunday 6th March 2pm. Plus Q&A
The African Odysseys programme at BFI Southbank has been screening amazing films from the African Diaspora once a month plus Q&A since 2007. The films are curated by a collective of grass roots activists including Black History Walks. The hundreds of dramas, documentaries and talks have informed and educated tens of thousands of people over the last 15 years. It is the only such programme in the country.
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Welcome | Kush Cinema - the UK's first online VOD...
The UK's first VOD virtual cinema showcasing Black British, Caribbean, African and US filmmaking - a one-stop shop for Black and urban movies.
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kushcinema.com
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Actor Tim Reid Is Launching 'Legacy Of A People'...
Actor Tim Reid is launching "The Legacy Of A People," a streaming service focusing on the Black experience from across the African diaspora. Reid, who has been an actor, producer, and comedian for more than 40 years and has more than 100 credits...
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www.blackenterprise.com
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Above: Tim Reid is a long time supporter of African Odysseys and regularly sponsored films, workshops and training programmes for young Black filmmakers at the BFI Southbank
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Above: Short video on the Black People's Day of Action. The massive anti racist demonstration took place on March 2nd 1981 with 20,000 people walking from New Cross to central London.The protest was triggered by the New Cross Fire in which 13 young Black people died in a suspected racist attack. While the anniversary is observed in the Black community, mainstream media routinely ignores it. For a detailed explanation by some of the organisers watch our lecture HERE
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Above: Video of the Black History Bus tour, next one Sunday 13th March 2pm tickets below.
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Black History Bus Tour (13th March )
Eventbrite - Black History Walks presents Black History Bus Tour (13th March ) - Sunday, 13 March 2022 at Brixton, London, England. Find event and ticket information.
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www.eventbrite.co.uk
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19th Century Superheroine: Sarah Parker Remond .Online talk
Eventbrite - Black History Walks presents 19th Century Superheroine: Sarah Parker Remond .Online talk - Friday, 18 March 2022 - Find event and ticket information.
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www.eventbrite.co.uk
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Above: Introduction to the incredible African-American abolitionist, suffragist, linguist, philanthropist and medical doctor of the 1850s. She will be honoured with a Nubian Jak blue plaque at University College London near Russell Square. Details below.
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Above: Video of the Black History river cruise, next one Saturday 19th March 2pm tickets below
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Black History River Cruise (19th March)
Eventbrite - Black History Walks presents Black History River Cruise (19th March) - Saturday, 19 March 2022 at Temple Pier, London, England. Find event and ticket information.
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www.eventbrite.co.uk
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Trafalgar Square Black History Walk
Eventbrite - Black History Walks presents Trafalgar Square Black History Walk - Sunday, 20 March 2022 at Meet point on request, London, England. Find event and ticket information.
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Bridgerton's real Black History
Eventbrite - Black History Walks presents Bridgerton's real Black History - Sunday, 20 March 2022 - Find event and ticket information.
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Sarah Parker Remond plaque unveiling. Black History Walks
Eventbrite - Black History Walks presents Sarah Parker Remond plaque unveiling. Black History Walks - Friday, 25 March 2022 at Russell Square tube, London, England. Find event and ticket information.
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Secrets of Soho, Black History Walk
Eventbrite - Black History Walks presents Secrets of Soho, Black History Walk - Saturday, 26 March 2022 at Meet point on request. Find event and ticket information.
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St Paul's/Bank Black History Walk
Eventbrite - Black History Walks presents St Paul's/Bank Black History Walk - Saturday, 26 March 2022 at Meet point on request. Find event and ticket information.
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Stamps, Statues and Star Trek
Two pioneers of Black stamps and Black statues talk about their successes and challenges in relation to Royal Mail's recent 12 stamp issue
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www.eventbrite.co.uk
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Above: New documentary on the creator of Captain Scarlet, Gerry Anderson. Anderson championed the use of Black characters in puppetry which was very rare in the 1960s. Lieutenant Green seen on the left, was played by the legendary Guyanese World War Two RAF hero Cy Grant. The series also had a Black female fighter pilot named Symphony Angel. Tickets HERE
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White Malice | Hurst Publishers
Description Accra, 1958. Africa's liberation leaders have gathered for a conference, full of strength, purpose and vision. Newly independent Ghana's Kwame Nkrumah and Congo's Patrice Lumumba strike up a close partnership. Everything seems...
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www.hurstpublishers.com
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Above: The above book and below film are linked as they both give details of incredible, horrifying but true stories of Western destruction of African development . Dismissed as conspiracy theories at the time, scholarship, interviews and newly released government archives show the awful truth. We hope to have the book's author as part of the Q&A for Cold Case on the 9th April
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Buy cinema tickets for Cold Case Hammarskjöld +...
In 1961, United Nations Secretary-General Dag Hammarskjöld's plane mysteriously crashed, killing Hammarskjöld and most of the crew. With the case still unsolved over 50 years later, journalist-filmmaker-provocateur Mads Brügger and private...
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whatson.bfi.org.uk
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20 Banned Black Films you need to see. 15 years of...
Selection of banned Black films screened by the African Odysseys film programme over the last 15 years with facts, statistics and reasons The African Odysseys film programme has been screening fantastic Black films once a month with Q&A's for 15...
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blackhistorywalks.co.uk
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Above: There is also a link between banned films and US politics. For those who would like some context to the Russia and Ukraine situation see 'Killing Hope' by William Blum which details similar US behaviour in Africa, Europe and South America. This history is severely lacking in mainstream media coverage.
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William Blum
Is the United States a force for democracy? In this classic and unique volume that answers this question, William Blum serves up a forensic overview of U.S. foreign policy spanning sixty years.
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williamblum.org
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Look out for these events coming soon
- How to rip off Black historians: a tale of copying and greed in London
- Harlem in Mayfair
- Call of Duty, the Black History Breakdown
- How Black people won World War Two
- African Odysseys in the Forest
- The Black Image
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