This
Saturday, 17th November. London
Black History Walks will screen two films by and about African
women.
Ugandan
Superladies - Rose, Leila and Susan are three ordinary Ugandan women
concerned with homes, families and jobs, but they
also share the dream of becoming champion rally
drivers. They face the double challenge of achieving sporting success
while fighting prejudice and sexism in the male world of motor
rallying.The film documents their journey take as they struggle to
put together their cars for the Pearl of Africa Uganda Rally 2009,
the most coveted motor sports title in East Africa. Showing
with:
The
Window - Moji
dreams of being a window dresser but is held back by her
husband Samson and things start to look even worse for her when
Samson's second wife arrives from Nigeria to live in their
one-bedroomed Peckham flat with them. However the two women,rather
than being rivals,form a bond and,after a public show-down at
Samson's chieftancy ceremony, attain their independence plus Q
and A with screenwriter Funke Oyebanjo
Saturday,
17th November
Room
B36, Birkbeck University of London, Malet St (entry on Torrington
Square)
Tube:
Russell Square/Tottenham Court Road
Free
entry. First come, First served
This
event sponsored by National Association of Black Saturday Schools
www.nabss.org.uk
and Birkbeck, University of London
Plus:
Performing
Black Bodies in White Spaces (Repeated
by popular demand)
Saturday 17 November
5pm to 8.30pm
Birkbeck
University of London, Tube: Russell Square/Tottenham Court Road
This
event sponsored by National Association of Black Saturday Schools
www.nabss.org.uk
and Birkbeck, University of London
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