BABYLON – FORTY YEARS ON
Written by Tom Pointon In 2010 I ran a one-day workshop at Gloucester Guildhall Arts Centre entitled ‘Introduction to Black British Film’. Participants explored…
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Film Review: Les Miserables
Audacious, powerful debut blends Afro symbolism with classic film language, provoking challenging questions about human social organisation. Written by Tom Pointon *Warning: The penultimate…
2019 – A Retrospective
Happy 2020 folks! It’s time for the annual review of what you – our readers – seemed to enjoy most on social media during…
Blue Story: Wrong Point of Vue
Written by Oliver Taylor In the city of Birmingham, England, 13 and 14-year-old teenagers brawled inside Vue cinema while families queued to watch Frozen…
Album Review: The Tabansi Sampler-Various Artists
Early 1950s, Northern Nigeria. An industrious music mogul-in-the-making, Prince Joseph Tabansi, saw a gap in the market that the major labels were overlooking. He…
THE BURIAL OF KOJO: CURIOUS VISUALS & ELECTRIC FEELS
Written by Ethel-Ruth Tawe Ice water sweats in the palm of my hand as I look to the captivating stillness on screen. I…
Film Review: Yao
By Tola Ositelu Seydou Tall (Omar Sy) is going back to his roots. The French-Senegalese actor returns to his country of origin to promote…
Film Review: The Trial of Nelson Mandela and Others
By Tola Ositelu The trial of the century and that’s no lie. French filmmakers Nicolas Champeaux and Gilles Porte’s documentary Le Procès Contre Nelson Mandela et les…
The Saga of the Suez Canal @ The Arab World Institute, Paris
Forty centuries have passed since Pharaoh Sesostris III had the first canal built linking the major bodies of water in and around Egypt. Since…
ALBUM REVIEW: A WORK OF HEART – TY (JAZZ REFRESHED)
Written by Andrew Kay TY is probably one of the best-known British rappers, having cultivated an international reputation for quality rhymes over rich, dense and…