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500 years of Black British music
Beyond the Bassline at the British Library is the voice of community, resistance, culture and joy, a celebration of the trailblazers that brought new music to the UK, and the layered Black experiences that have birthed a thriving musical culture and history.
Revisiting a forgotten moment in British history
Indigo Giant revisits a forgotten moment in British history and a moment in Bengali history that will never be forgotten
The power of individuals to make a difference
Ten films will be featured at at this year’s Human Rights Watch Film Festival (14-24 March).
‘The day rock ‘n’ roll changed the world’
In a decade of neon and noise, one moment made the world stand still and brought 1.5 billion people together – and they all have a story to tell about ‘the day rock ‘n’ roll changed the world’.
New plays from Barbados, Brazil, Jamaica, Mexico and Philippines
The Royal Court presents six new plays by writers from five different countries.
The humanitarian implications of a backlash on rights
Attacks on civilians. Global anti-rights movements. Anti-democratic forces. Populism. Many believe that we are witnessing increasingly authoritarian rollbacks to democracy that are intimately connected to a global backlash on rights.
Migration on screen
The aim of the London Migration Film Festival is to challenge the narrow rhetoric on migration that often sees migration, and people on the move, framed in reductive and dehumanising terms.
A fresh perspective on Britain’s relationship with its imperial past
The Empress takes you from the gangways of Tilbury docks to the grandeur of Queen Victoria’s Palace, unveiling the long culture of British Asian history.
Global South at the London Film Festival
A selection of films from Africa, Asia and Latin America, or dealing with migration issues, from this year’s BFI London Film Festival (4-15 October).
One of the last ‘Great Tuskers’
“If you not give elephant proper burial he’ll haunt you forever.”
Cinema as an engine of transformation: Ousmane Sembène at 100
Railway, dock and factory worker, military conscript, labour organiser in Senegal, Marseille and Paris, novelist and, of course, filmmaker – Ousmane Sembène was larger than life.
Shubbak, ‘where Arab cultures connect us all’
Shubbak Festival returns to London and the UK with an invitation “to pause and take a breath”.
Rwanda’s Oliver Twist tells his refugee story
Oliver Twist is the writer and performer of Jali at the Soho Theatre — but he doesn’t want to reveal too much about the production.
The Calais ‘Jungle’ through a new lens
When the Calais ‘Jungle’ refugee camp was ignored and condemned by authorities, ordinary people stepped in to support the stranded refugees. This is the story of the volunteers and those they tried to help.
Mukhrijat: Arab women filmmakers
A season of films by Arab women directors tell everyday stories, away from sensationalist portrayals too often offered by depictions of the Arab world.
Lenny Henry’s playwriting debut explores Windrush
Lenny Henry stars in his playwriting debut exploring a life impacted by the Windrush scandal.
Biting comedy asks: where do you put your worth?
A new darkly comic drama explores immigration and family secrets inspired by the events that followed the death of Chinese Canadian playwright Joanne Lau’s mother.
West African masterpieces
Nine masterpieces arising from postcolonial and contemporary Francophone West Africa.
Human Rights Watch presents its top 10 films
The 27th edition of the Human Rights Watch Film Festival offers a line-up of 10 award-winning, international documentary films.
Face to face with extinction
Visitors to the Natural History Museum will soon be able to engage with an emotive, life-like digital recreation of a northern white rhinoceros.