Confronting the Heart of Darkness in New Film African Apocalypse
Our writer sits down with director Rob Lemkin and co-writer Femi Nylander to discuss their new film African Apocalypse which takes viewers on an emotive historical journey. “Haunting is one way in...
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Oprah, Optics and Oppression: What Meghan Markle’s Interview Tells Us about...
Meghan Markle’s famous television interview fits into a history of iconography of Black liberation, just as it exposes the inner workings of a white royal institution. For the first half of Oprah with...
View ArticlePoem: A Man of His Times
The tributes amass, the media chimes out the pre-rehearsed phraseology: “a life of service … a man of his times” and woe betide anyone who begrimes with a smear of truth this man’s memory. The tributes...
View ArticlePoem: The Candidate Explains
after Charlotte Nichols MP I didn’t know the meaning of “incursion” or “dealt with” the negative connotation until this morning. Didn’t realise the possible definitions of “parasite”, “rubbish dump”,...
View ArticleSheikh Jarrah is Israel’s Self-Destruct Button
The Israeli colonial system is losing its lustre and legitimacy amid fresh evictions in Sheikh Jarrah, but violence spreads quickly beyond Jerusalem. The struggle in Sheikh Jarrah is over a decade...
View ArticleThe Black Maternity Scandal: A Lens on Racial Disparity in Healthcare
Channel 4’s Dispatches missed out important factors on class and institutional racism in its brief exploration of maternity care experienced by Black women. As both a woman of colour who has received...
View ArticleThe Second Rise of the Taliban
As the Taliban capture Afghanistan at breakneck speed, locals are both fearful and cautiously optimistic. A swift advance Events have rocked Afghanistan over the past several days. The cities of...
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Our Critics’ Picks for the BFI London Film Festival 2021
Louis Bayman and Halima Hassan preview the BFI London Film Festival of 2021 as it returns to cinemas this year. In-person screenings and gala events are back at this year’s BFI London Film Festival (6...
View ArticleCine/Mobility: The Latin American Film Festival Erasing Borders
New perspectives on Latin American migration and movements in the Cine/Mobility festival – catch it online now. The online film festival ‘Cine/Mobility – Latin American cinema across borders’ has...
View ArticleThe Hits and Misses from the 2021 BFI London Film Festival
Our film editor, Louis Bayman, tells us how the 65th BFI London Film Festival went down, including road movies and Halloween picks. This year was a truly classic edition of the London Film Festival,...
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