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RISE
& ASPIRE THIS SATURDAY!
Before you scroll down to
check out what you could be doing today – we must give a big
shout out to hip-hop/R&B collective The Good Samaritan
Music Project featuring Paradise, Black Butterfly, and Charlie
Parker on saxophone, and reggae don Don Ricardo, who
blew up yesterday’s BTWSC Brent Youth Spotlight awards. Respect
to chair Marc Wadsworth and special guest Hugh Francis, head of
Jet Star intellectual property, plus the open mic performers,
especially Gerald, and Zaidoon. www.btwsc.com
What you
could be doing today (Saturday July 16):
RISE
FESTIVAL
You could attend the Rise (formerly known Respect) Festival
12-8.30pm at Burgess Park, London SE5. The free major of London
sponsored festival celebrating the city’s diversity and opposing
racism features the likes of Lemar, Kano, Eska, and JJC, who will
be backed by a live band. I believe live
musicianship is an important, but lacking skill within
contemporary, popular black music. I felt last year’s headliners
Big Brovaz’s set lacked substance, and should have had a
full, live band. I made the
point to JJC, aka Big Brovaz producer Skillz, who
was part of the audience watching his group. Festivals on the
scale of Rise should budget for and encourage live musicianship.
Smaller festivals featuring non-black music routinely manage it.
on smaller . For more on Rise Week: www.risefestival.org.
MEDIA
CONNECTIONS
The Black people in the Media educational event is out
together courtesy of Aspire, the black professionals in media
network. The workshop will examine stereotypes, working in the
racial spotlight, how institutional discrimination works and what
you can do about it. The workshop is part of a day-long seminar
where journalists debate Black Men & the Media: Strategies for
Success. Invited speakers are Ekow Eshun, creative director
at the ICA, Aaqil Ahmed, commissioning editor of religious
programming at Channel 4; David Upshal, executive producer
at Lion TV; Charles Aniagolu, presenter and producer of
African Panorama, Vikram Dodd, race, ethnic minorities
and politics reporter at The Guardian; Lawrence Lartey,
contributing editor to Touch Magazine, Ishmahil Blagrove Jr,
producer and director at Rice N Peas Independent Films; Ricky
Joshi, breakfast show presenter on Kismat radio. 11.30am
- 5.30pm. £5 at the door or call Uchenna
on 07984 648 745. Pearson,
80 Strand, London, WC2R 0RL.
BLACK
WORLD VISION
Black
World Rough Cuts starts today. This programme is aimed at 16-24
year olds and geared towards first-time, independent film-makers
and those seeking a foothold in the film and television
industries. Practical advice will be on offer from those who have
already established themselves such as Kwame Kwei-Armah,
June Sarpong and Catherine Johnson
plus others. The talks will be illustrated with clips from film
and TV. More...
It’s all part
of Black World, a major national initiative from the British Film
Institute celebrating black creativity in film, television and the
moving image. Throughout the Summer, you will have the opportunity
to see rare classics and new
films, sample the birth of black British cinema through timely
DVD
releases, participate in debates, Q&As with film-makers
and educational masterclasses plus explore the connection between
between
black music and television. Check out the new resources in the
shape of a Sight
& Sound magazine supplement and Screenonline.
July is Soul to Funk month with big screen
footage, legendary performances plus live talks from special
guests! More...
Brighton hip hop festival 2005 takes place throughout July,
representing all the elements of hip hop with workshops, industry
seminars, a painting exhibition, a Break-dance battle, a hip hop
film festival and of course the live day at the end of the month. More...
Become a member of the Black
World Film Club and you will receive weekly updates of events,
the latest news, entry to fantastic competitions and fabulous
giveaways straight to your inbox. Fancy free tickets to some of
the Black World launch events in London, Birmingham, Bristol,
Manchester or Cardiff? Just hit us with an email,
starting preferred town, and we’ll try to sort out the first few
of the early bird respondents! For more info: http://blackworld.bfi.org.uk
updated July 16 2005
