Frank Crichlow (1932 - 2010) was a community activist and civil rights campaigner. He founded the Mangrove restaurant which became the centre for Black civil rights activism in Britain which led to the infamous Mangrove Nine trials of 1970 and the first admission of institutional racism within the Metropolitan Police force.
Video smuggled out of Israel that captures the Israeli Navy threatening to open fire on a boat containing human rights activists who were delivering aid, following the massacres in Gaza under Operation Cast Lead 2008/2009 during which over 1,400 people were killed and over 50,000 people displaced.
With the US's political landscape under more scrutiny than ever before, citizens of the US are rapidly calling for change.
Will history ever stop repeating itself? A statement on the illegalities of war and the actions which should be taken to stop the outbreak of war.
Robin Miller looks at some of the propaganda tactics used by the mainstream media to help shape public opinion and perceptions about the Israel/Palestine conflict.
With gas prices at an all-time high, oil conglomerates are, now more than ever, looking to Africa for its relatively untapped resources.
Zimbabwean political analyst George Shire talks to Ishmahil Blagrove, Jr. about the recent elections in his country, the cause of the crisis and the impact of Western interference on the democratic process of change in Zimbabwe.
A quarter of a century after the Soweto Uprising, the linguistic and social divides which underly the upheaval are still a pressing issue.
Pat Dodson, winner of the 2008 Sydney Peace Prize, talks to Ishmahil Blagrove, Jr. about the plight of Australia's indigenous people, the recent government apology and the opportunities for black and white Australians to resolve their differences.
With religious intolerance now at the ugly centre of many of the world's major conflicts, it is important to look at the concepts of spirituality and the clashes of conformity within the contexts of organized religion.
The annual Screen Nation Awards was the first — and remains the most culturally diverse — televised film & TV awards show in Europe showcasing the best black British and international film & TV talent.
Screen Nation hosts a number of events throughout the year to acknowledge, recognise and reward talent for their achievements in film, and television media as well as champion new talent and provide a platform for emerging artists.
The Screen Nation Awards attract a large multicultural audience due in no small part to the fact that Screen Nation has played host to many of the UK and global film & TV industry’s finest black screen talent, alongside performances from the cream of the UK urban music scene.
The New Statesman New Media Awards are designed to highlight innovation, usability and efficiency in new media, open to for-profit, public and nonprofit organisations.
The awards include entries spanning all uses of new media technology, “from the web to wireless, blog to intranet, digital TV to mobile”.
Filmed in Jamaica, Roaring Lion charts the growth and development of the Rastafari Movement and its founder, the former Garveyite Leonard Howell. With interviews from the renowned academic and Rasta scholar Professor Barry Chevannes and several of the movement’s leading figures, Mortimmo Plano, Fimore Alvaranga, Dago and Gertrude Campbell, the documentary charts the Movement’s growth from a persecuted commune in the foothills of Pinnacle, Jamaica, to an internationally recognized religion.
Roaring Lion is the first documentary officially endorsed by leading elders of the Rastafari Movement.
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