I’ve decided to expand the blog a little to include a new ongoing feature called Recommends & Avoids (working title). I watch A LOT of film and I’ve started to get back into TV, theatre and books again. I’ve basically become an Arts junkie. My first and main love is film as you all see, … Continue reading
I’d really like to say I’m joking with my tagline but alas I’m not. The Act of Killing is as powerful as the hype has claimed. However is it a masterpiece? I’m not sure. It is however a thought-provoking and memorable film indeed. It’s set-up as equally interesting as its protagonists, men who in their … Continue reading
Free Angela and All Political Prisoners Dir. Shola Lynch Can I just state that this was the first film that I have been truly anticipating for quite some time. All because of this woman who I discovered via the excellent and highly recommended Black Power Mixtape: In amongst the amazing footage and stories told about … Continue reading
It’s been a long long while. I’m back from Sheffield Doc Fest! What an experience that was! If there is a festival that I would wholeheartedly recommend, this one is it! I was humbled to be part of a festival that was solely about films…and parties. There were a lot of parties! In amongst the … Continue reading
Little back story. Back last year while working for a small film festival, our small team embarked on a doomed project to obtain Mama Africa for our Opening night film. Alas it seems we needed this pesky thing called money, which we didn’t have enough of to screen this important film. It was a bitter … Continue reading
Is there a term to describe someone who seems to shy away from his or her’s own culture? What’s the word for that describes the opposite of xenophobic? I’m not trying to get philosophical or deep. I’m not going to come out with some big revelation. I’ve just realised that most, if not all, the … Continue reading
I had the pleasure of watching this a few weeks ago with a short but informative Q&A with the director Tim Reid. Tim Reid may not be a household name especially in the UK but he is an integral spokesperson in the filmmaking world of Black Cinema. If you were an 90s child like myself, … Continue reading
As I had promised in what seems an age ago, here is my review of Zero Dark Thirty, a film that caused various emotional reactions from me. When I first saw the trailer, last year, it was so ambiguous that it peaked my interest. Then when I quickly learnt that is was directed by Hurt Locker’s Kathryn … Continue reading
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