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Black History Walks,Talks & Films
10 years of Education Through Film
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Black History is longer than a month..
Two of the most important films.
January 2013
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 Long before there was Django there was Besouro. An African man fights for justice and love using supernatural powers. Based on a true story of Afro-Brazilian resistance this fantastic film was never released in UK cinemas even though it was in demand. See it this Sunday 27 Jan click here for details
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Once Upon A Time When We Were Colored: Tim Reid, Isaac Hayes, Richard Roundtree and Phyllicia Rashad star in the film of the novel which was the first book requested by Mandela on his release from prison
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One of the most important black films ever. Previous two African Oddysey screenings have sold out in advance, do not delay booking.
Part of African Oddyseys series. 2pm to 5pm. Saturday 16 February.
BFI Southbank. Belvedere Road SE1. Tube: Waterloo www.bfi.org.uk
Reid's "Once Upon a Time . . . When We Were Colored" re-creates the world of a black community in the rural South in the years from 1946 to 1962, as hard-line segregation gradually fell to the assault of the civil rights movement. It is a memory of the close bonds of family, friends and church that grew up to sustain such communities, in a society where an American version of apartheid was the law. The key word there is "community," and rarely has a film more movingly shown how people who work, live and pray together can find a common strength and self-respect. This ambitious film, spans four generations and remembers not only the joy of Saturday night dances and Sunday church socials, but also the cruel pain of a little boy learning to spell his first words: "white" and "colored." By the end of the film, we feel we know the people in the "colored town" of Glen Allan, Miss., and we understand why such communities produced so many good and capable citizens. Roger Ebert
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Part of African Oddyseys series. 5.45pm. Saturday 16 February.
BFI Southbank. Belvedere Road SE1. Tube: Waterloo www.bfi.org.uk
Winner of the Grand Prix award at Sundance in 1990, but now relegated to the status of hard-to-find cult film, this is the extraordinary, fictionalised account of real-life Michigan conman William Douglas Street (who posed successfully as a lawyer and a gynaecological surgeon, among other things). Featuring sharp dialogue and a fine performance from writer-director Harris as Street, it's a complex, witty and often shocking examination of the interplay between race, identity and economics.
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Queen Nzinga Lecture Series 2/12
Black Women in Academia: Success, Secrets and Coping Strategies
Saturday 23rd February 6pm to 9pm
This second of twelve Queen Nzinga lectures features three generations of African/Caribbean women who have achieved PhDs speaking about their experiences as well as a Q and A with all three to expand on their revelations..
Speakers include: Dr Ama Biney, Dr Michelle Asantewa and Nathalie Montlouis Phd . 80% seats already booked. Free entry only if booked online click here for more info. Donations accepted on the day
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14 years before The Avengers the first Marvel superhero movie to make 100 million dollars was about an Afro-centric black man played by Wesley Snipes. We explore the hidden Black History messages in all three movies and delve into why Snipes was punished by the US government
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Blade the Vampire Slayer, Movie Breakdown with Andrew Muhammad. Sunday 24 Feb and 17 March 3 to 5.45pm
Cottons Caribbean Restaurant Islington EC1. $8 on the door
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1834 Slavery Compensation: Who got the 20 Million pounds ?
Saturday 2nd March 2pm to 6pm
A National Association of Black Saturday Schools www.nabss.org.uk and www.blackhistorywalks.co.uk production
In 1834 when the British abolished slavery in the Caribbean the government paid 20 million pounds in compensation to the owners of the enslaved Africans. The Africans got nothing.
Many people have wondered who exactly got that money and what they did with it. Which islands and plantations benefited ? What houses were built ? What institutions were established ? What was the cultural and economic legacy of this massive payout ? Can it be identified and quantified ? A team of scholars from UCL have been researching exactly these questions and more. Over the last 3 years they have collated research on several thousand beneficiaries and created a searchable, user-friendly website that covers...
- Which individuals received monies.
- How much they received
- Which houses they lived in
- What they bought with the money
- Which cultural/ educational institutions they established or supported with the money
- What islands/plantations/ individuals in the Caribbean were compensated
- Exactly how banks and financial institutions used the money to further the needs of empire
- The role of slave-owners as writers and historians
- The connections between the compensation, finance companies and political parties
- Physical legacies; buildings, statues, parks, docks,railways, bridges, libraries
- How to use the website to expand your own personal or professional or genealogical research
Professor Catherine Hall, Dr Nick Draper, Keith McClelland, Kate Donnington and Rachel Lang will share their research, demonstrate how to use the website and take extended questions on both topics. Admission free only if booked online. Click http://slaverycompensationwhogotthemoney-eac2.eventbrite.co.uk/?ebtv=C#
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Queen Nzinga Lecture Series 3/12
Mary Seacole Fights Back !
Sunday 3rd March 3pm to 6pm
A National Association of Black Saturday Schools www.nabss.org.uk and www.blackhistorywalks.co.uk production
This third of twelve Queen Nzinga lectures
features Antoinette Kwegan speaking on how the third sector raises educational achievement and Professor Elizabeth Anionwu on :
- The real history of Mary Seacole
- Her relevance to history,education and nursing
- The facts behind the recent controversy
- The status of the statue appeal
- The institutional attack on black history and how it can be resisted
Antoinette Kwegan, is a Phd student at Queen Mary University researching the role of the third sector in raising educational achievement, she is also managing consultant at Genesis Youth and Community Ltd. www.gcy.org.uk
Professor Elizabeth Anionwu PhD CBE FRCN, was formerly head of the Mary Seacole Centre for Nursing Practice (Faculty of Health and Human Sciences at Thames Valley University). She is also vice-chairperson of the Mary Seacole Memorial Statue Appeal.
The multi-ethnic aspects of nursing and midwifery education, and the practice issues of sickle cell and thalassaemia have been the drivers in Elizabeth's career.
Elizabeth set up the first nurse-led sickle cell/thalassaemia information and counselling centre, the Brent Sickle Cell Centre, in 1979. This became the model for many other towns and cities.
Elizabeth is renowned for having directly or indirectly trained and mentored all the specialist nurses, midwives and health visitors working in this area in the UK, as well as helping develop sickle services in other parts of the UK, Africa and the Caribbean .Admission free only if booked online here Donations accepted.
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Watch from Home Series : Haiti: Where did the money go ?
Sometimes people really want to attend an event but due to childcare, work, illness, location or transport cant make it and have to wait months for a repeat, if there is a repeat. Here's a solution..Watch from Home. Every issue of this newsletter will feature at least one event that can be viewed via your computer. you will miss out on the networking, Q and A, and fun of being at the actual event but at least you will get to share the information. Any questions can be emailed to info@blackhistorywalks.co.uk  | | Haiti: Where Did The Money Go? |
In the United States alone, half of all households gave a total of $1.4 billion to charities, yet almost two years later more than half a million people still live in squalid camps. Only a few have access to drinking water. Sanitation is woefully inadequate. Malnutrition and cholera are on the rise. What happened? - Why are aid workers eating lobster right next to refugee camps?
- Why has the money raised in 2010 still not been spent ?
- Are the NGO's profiting from disaster ?
- Watch/listen to the 50 min video.
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Coming Soon..!!
- Nzinga Lecture 4 with Sister Esther Sandford Xosei: Is there a movement for African Reparations in the UK ? Sat 10 March
- Resistance to slavery: The black woman who burned down a city
- 10 Black history Walks in two hours !
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Besouro will be shown on Sunday 27 January at 7pm details HERE
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