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A great response to our Mutiny talk/screening at Mac Birmingham to coincide with visual artist, Barbara Walker’s major new exhibition of drawings, ‘Shock and Awe’. “Acknowledging an absence of representation over the past 100 years, Walker’s exhibition concentrates upon the contribution of Black servicemen and women to the British Armed forces and war efforts from...
read moreRebecca joined the ‘Natalia Osipova and Friends’ team as Wardrobe Manager for rehearsals and premier at Sadler’s Wells, followed by performances at Edinburgh International Festival and New York’s City Centre Theatre. “Multi-award winning Russian classical ballerina Natalia Osipovais a major star in the dance world – she will be joined by Sergei Polunin for these...
read moreRebecca is away on tour as Wardrobe Manager with Sadler’s Wells Contemporary Dance Theatre, for theTango-inspired production, M!longa. “Inspired by the late night ‘M!longa’ scene found in intimate bars of Buenos Aires, Sadler’s Wells’ Associate Artist, Sidi Larbi Cherkaoui unites tango and contemporary dancers with live musicians in a unique collaboration which adds a contemporary...
read moreThe international response to ‘Mutiny’ has inspired our project to create a free-to-access interactive e-learning resource – featuring clips from our Black veterans’ interviews. We believe it can be a marvelous asset to learners and educators of diverse ages, interests and backgrounds. In 2014 an international team of teachers and heritage education specialists helped us...
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read moreHuge thanks to all who came to our ‘Mutiny’ screenings this year, your brilliant response to Mutiny has given us the confidence to organise a fundraising campaign to meet the costs of producing a DVD and online download versions for sale. We really appreciate your support. It’s great to hear so many of you say...
read moreThe First World War is a major focus for us until 2019. We see its centenary as an important opportunity (particularly for young people), to explore the world in which we live today; through the legacy of wartime experiences that became a major turning point in history and identity – for non-White as well as...
read moreThank you Guy Grannum, Emily Stidston, Vicky Iglikowski, Sara Griffiths, and all who made The National Archives’ WW1 Caribbean Family History Day such an amazing event. Thank you to all who attended. You made the day particularly rewarding for us because of the incredible feedback you gave us after watching Mutiny.
read moreWe had a wonderful evening commemorating the centenary of the formation of The British West Indies Regiment. It was fantastic to watch our documentary Mutiny on a big screen amidst a great audience at The Bernie Grant Arts Centre. Andrea Levy gave a vivid reading of her short story Uriah’s War, a moving tribute...
read moreJoin Gary Younge, Andrea Levy and Tony T, as we explore this controversial and often forgotten story as part of Black History Month, and in commemoration of the centenary of the formation of the British West Indies Regiment. Mutiny is our documentary about the British Caribbean experience of the First World War that features personal...
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