About this Event
Double bill of previously sold-out Fearless film and the Sinners movie breakdown hosted by Dr Michelle Asantewa.
This event is organised by Black History Walks as part of 60 Years Since 1965 the first ever Race Relations Act, and 20 years of the African Odysseys film series
Fearless follows the stories of six women aged between 78 and 90. As young women they left their homes in the Caribbean, Ireland and South Asia to answer post WWII Britain's call for workers. Using archive footage and photography to interweave pivotal moments in womens' social history with the interviewees' memories of life in Britain
Using archive footage and photography to interweave pivotal moments in womens’ social history with the interviewees’ memories of life in Britain, this film documents the moments and movements that impacted women then and now. They include the Notting Hill uprising and the fight for racial equality in housing and jobs, the immigrant workers’ rights fought for by the Grunwick factory strikers and the lengths mothers went to in order to ensure their children received a proper education.
Today, these women are almost invisible to modern society, but as the film shows, they are still vibrant, engaging and full of mischievous fun.
This screening is followed by a Q&A with the director sand producers, Noella Mingo and Damian Daniel.
A wonderful, sensitive, historical and hilarious documentary of 1960s pioneers which should have been on mainstream channels twenty years ago. Watch with the family, float down memory lane and swim in the living history that is so respectfully captured by the husband and wife team of Noella and Damien.Tony Warner, Black History Walks
A moving and fantastic celebration of women.Robert Elms, BBC Radio London
Fearless website / Fearless Instagram / They Are Watching Us website / Black History Walks website / Black History Walks Instagram
PLUS Sinners movie breakdown Part 2
We go through the movie scene by scene separating fact from fiction and detailing the various metaphors in this densely layered film apparently about vampires but saying much, much, more: We will cover:
- Redlining
- Black economic empowerment 1920s-2025
- Animal symbolism, colours and African Spiritual practices
- Black love on screen
- Royalties, James Brown, What a Bam Bam
- The Black guy in the horror movie
- Hollywoods opposition to positive Black imagery
- Real Black soldiers of World War 1 in Cardiff and Liverpool
- The Klu Klux Klan in London
- Suppression of Black films by piracy and distribution
- 17,500 people versus 8 white executives at the BFI Southbank:
- Cinemas and systemic racism in action
This is an African Odysseys screening. Previously at the BFI Southbank for 18 years, African Odysseys is now hosting films across London due to systemic racism at the BFI which ignored a17,500 strong petition and cancelled the popular,monthly programme there. Full details HERE
- Black History Steam train tour
- Black History Bus Tour/ River Cruise
- Hackney, Mayfair, St Paul'/Bank, Theatreland and Soho Black History Walks
- African Odysseys, Racism in Academia and @BFI Southbank
- Teaching Black British history in China with Professor Deidre Osborne
- Ishmahil Blagrove season of films and books
- Frantz Fanon weekender
- 6 African Leaders removed by the French
- 60 years of Black British Civil Rights, racism @BFI with Professor Gus John
- Kung Fu and anti-racist street fighters with Professor Lez Henry
- World Wars and Black soldiers. African Odysseys @BFI with Professor Patrick Vernon
- 60 years of Black history Success Stories 1-20
- Sign petition to save African Odysseys and Black film history at BFI Southbank HERE
Event Venue & Nearby Stays
Birkbeck, University of London, Malet Street, London, United Kingdom
GBP 8.00
