All tagged Race
African Apocalypse is a harrowing journey through the colonial past and its inevitable hangover in present-day Niger, West Africa. Femi Nylander traces the steps of a little known French captain, Paul Voulet, who unleashed wanton terror on several communities along the Niger-Nigeria border, leaving a trail of dead bodies in the wake of his unclear quest.
Rubika Shah’s raucous BFI 2019 winner about the extraordinary journey of Britain’s 1970s Rock Against Racism collective is available to rent on the Rich Mix website until Sunday 16th August. Tommy Hodgson gives us his review.
Ava DuVernay’s Academy Award nominated documentary shines an unforgiving light on the US’ criminalisation of African Americans while providing fascinating insight into the era of mass incarceration that defines the country’s justice system today.
Filmmaker Karen Winther still struggles with the Neo-Nazi ghost of her past. How could she become part of such a hateful cult? She sets out to meet other former extremists and ask why they also put the violence behind them.
As lockdown persists around the world and travel continues to be ruled out, we teamed up with The Movie Diorama to bring you our 10 favourite documentaries that focus on global subcultures, so that you can continue to explore the world through film.
As protests rage in Minnesota over the killing of George Floyd at the hands of the police, BBC journalist Mobeen Azhar tries to understand the sickening murder of yet another african-american, Larnell Bruce, in “A Black and White Killing”, who was run over by white supremacist Russell Courtier of Portland, Oregon back in 2016.
