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Coming soon... FAM: an original hip-hop drama
Dr Noah Birksted-Breen discusses the production of a forthcoming and original new Black British hip-hop drama that he a...
British Matrimonies + Queer Glocalities
Rahul discusses South Asian Diasporic Sexualities from Hanif Kureishi’s My Beautiful Laundrette (1985) to Damien O’Don...
Man Like Sharik or: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Mobeen
Everyone kept telling Sharik to check out Man Like Mobeen (2017-) . Everyone. He was hesitant of how British-Asians...
Pepper Watcher - A British Asian History in India
Ramya S, a doctoral student of Digital Literature in the Department of English at Anna University in India explores th...
Sonic Borderlines: British Black and South Asian Screen Media in M.I.A.’s "Borders"
“Borders” (2015) is a striking work of audio-visual media that invokes the fact of blackness explored by Baldwin, Hugh...
Thoughts on I May Destroy You
Janet Wilson, Emerita Professor at University of Northampton and Visiting Professor at BCU, reflects on the brilliance...
Background to Birmingham Film and Video Workshop
Professor Roger Shannon reflects upon the Birmingham Film and Video Workshop (BFVW).
My Trilogy of Films
Birmingham-based filmmaker Yugesh Walia discusses the trilogy of films he made between 1980 and 1982, including Mirror,...
Cornershop and British Asian Culture
Undergraduate student Isabella Skinner discusses legendary band Cornershop, their discography, and impact upon British ...
Falling for Daniel Day-Lewis and Thatcher’s Britain in Hanif Kureishi’s My Beautiful Laundrette
Ghazala Nazir Butt, PhD student at the University of Northampton, reflects on her experiences growing up in Birmingham ...
The Colony - An Unsung Classic
Dina Iordanova discusses the 1960s classic The Colony.
Thoughts On Race, Media and Memory
Dina Iordanova offers her thoughts on Steve McQueen's 2020 film Mangrove.
Mangrove - Dissemination and Audience Reception
Dina Iordanova continues her assessment of Steve McQueen's powerful show Mangrove and how the events remain relevant to...
How Coronavirus Has Changed My Relationship With Social Media
My relationship with social media has changed quite a bit in the last nine months. Back in March, like many others, I ...
Top Boy - review
Kechae West offers a frank and thought-provoking review of the popular Netflix series Top Boy.