It’s nearly 40 years since the TV mini-series Roots shook America with its portrayal of slavery and the brutal civil war. Now a new series has been made. Writer and critic Ekow Eshun explores whether this version can have the same impact on audiences today.
Tony Harrison’s play The Trackers of Oxyrhynchus is revived at London’s Finborough Theatre 87 year old Chilean film director Alejandro Jodorowsky’s latest film Endless Poetry is the second instalment of a planned five part autobiographical series Tom Hardy stars in BBC TV’s new drama Taboo, Emily Freidlund’s History of Wolves is the growing-up tale of a […]
Exceptional figures from politics, business, sport, science and more share their insights into being black and British today, how they got where they are, and thoughts on what the future holds.
Looking at two plays about black America this week: Kemp Powers’ One Night In Miami and Katori Hall’s The Mountaintop. Also reviewed, Charlie Brooker’s dystopian TV show Black Mirror and Ali Smith’s Autumn, the first in a quartet of seasonal novels. Plus London’s National Gallery’s Beyond Caravaggio exhibition explores the influence of Caravaggio on the art of his […]
Taking in everything from the self-conscious narcissism of Kanye West to the ultra-masculinity of 50 Cent, hip-hop is a powerful platform to confirm and confound stereotypical representations of black masculinity. Join a panel including writer and broadcaster Ekow Eshun and author Marlon James, winner of the Man Booker Prize 2015 for his novel A Brief […]