Monday, November 12, 2012

Black Women Make Movies














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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