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Morally Speaking
It’s Shella’s birthday, and her boyfriend Sam has everything planned: dinner and a movie, followed by a night of unbridled passion. Everything is going fine until they reach the bedroom—and Sam refuses to perform oral sex. He ends up on trial for men everywhere who refuse to go down on women, but ex... more >> |
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One Day at a Time
Dionne was a woman with everything to live for, but one random act of senseless violence changes her life forever. Despite her attempts to maintain the semblance of a normal existence, the profound sorrow she feels is in danger of swallowing her whole. This is a stark anti-gun film that looks at the... more >> |
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Afro-Saxons
Afro-Saxons isn’t about the British West Indian post-colonial elite who had internalised the values of their erstwhile masters (Lloyd Best had introduced the term Afro-Saxons to describe just this group of people). Rather, this is a fascinating look at the world of African-Caribbean women’s hairstyl... more >> |
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Bashment: The Fork in the Road
A cautionary tale about friendship, greed and redemption, Bashment addresses the many complexities and pitfalls that Jamaican and Caribbean immigrants face on the quest for that all too often elusive 'American Dream’. When Cymbal (Mykal Fax) and his friends, Job (Steve McAlpin), Tubby (Shawn Cumming... more >> |
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filmmakers
| Horace Ové |
 Horace Ové, holds the Guinness World Record for the first Black British filmmaker to direct a feature length film, Pressure (1976). In addition to his TV work, Ové has documented racism and the Black Power movement in Britain in films such as Baldwin’s Nigger (1968) and Dream to Change the World (20... more >> |
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