With the British government promoting an inaccurate revisionist version of the 1807 Abolition of the Slave Trade Act many are determined to ensure that Truth prevails in 2007.
With contributions from community activists, project workers, teachers, historians and the business community, this documentary confronts the myths about British slavery, presents the true history of the Maafa and African resistance and examines the politics of the government's bicentenary celebrations.
1856, The Crimea. Mary Seacole thinks back on past action to evaluate and understand why she built the British Hotel. In the process of reflection she recreates for the audience what life was like at Blundell Hall in Kingston, Jamaica.
England, 1792. The opening of our film there exists two separate worlds in 18th century Britain - the world of freed slaves living in England, and mainstream society - each containing a small group of characters upon whom we focus the audiences' interest. Our drama consists in the collision of these two worlds that stand in direct opposition to each other.
England, 1772. The opening of our film there exists two separate worlds in 18th century Britain: the world of freed slaves who settle in Georgian England, and the world of mainstream British society. Our drama consists in the marriage of these two worlds that stand in direct opposition to each other.
1931, London. At the opening of our film there exists two separate worlds in 20th century London - the world of Jamaicans who settled before the First World War, and the world of mainstream society. Our story consists in the marriage of these two worlds that rarely come into contact with each other.
Our story begins with the introduction of Dr. Harold Moody and his wife, Olive Mabel Tranter, who are members of Camberwell Congregational Church. The world of Jamaican settlers now intrudes polite society after the First World War and the conflict within our story therefore begins.
Human Freedom: the need to secure it, the obligation to preserve it, the necessity to defend it and the resolution to die for it.
Set in 1795 in British ruled Jamaica, this is the story of two men who choose to fight against an oppressive regime for their freedom.
31st May 1508, Edinburgh Castle. King James lV of Scotland holds a jousting tournament in Edinburgh in honour of his African servant. It was called the Tournament of the African Lady.
England, 1801. At the opening of our film there exists two separate worlds in Georgian Britain: the world of domestic servants from Jamaica and Africa, and the world of mainstream British society. Our drama consists in the marriage of these two worlds that stand in direct opposition to each other.
They say Philadelphia is the capital of boxing and Joe Frazier’s gym is the Whitehouse. Joe Frazier, one of the most famous athletes of the 20th century, is lost in the legend of one of the greatest rivalries in the history of sport.
Filmed during the final years of the iconic boxer's life and told through the voice of son Marvis, this documentary reveals the story of the real Joe Frazier for the first time.
For over forty years, since the last of his million dollar bouts with Ali, Foreman and others, Joe’s commitment to his adopted Philadelphia neighborhood kept his landmark gym alive. Now, tragically, it has to close.
Street-smart Dominic’s armed robbery of a convenience store goes wrong when he crosses paths with hard-working Jay, a taxi driver with nothing left to lose. Mutual contempt soon turns into a kind of understanding, but not without some pain along the way.
The film follows Alice and Jerusha, two young, beautiful, spirited Kenyan girls preparing to leave the children’s centre they have grown up in. An exploration of femininity, adolescence and a portrait of young women 'coming of age' in Africa.
