Entertainment, Arts & Culture | Minority Perspective

Invitation to the Closing of the Far from the Western Front Exhibition and opening of the diverse communities Contribution to Britain

18/03/201718/03/2017Shahid MahmoodLeave a Comment

Minhaj ul Quran London, in partnership with the Imperial War Museum launched its “Far from the Western Front” exhibition highlighting the role played by South Asians in the First World War. The exhibition has previously been shown at the Royal Geographical Society, and the Karamel Gallery, and has been referred to as “hugely moving”, “eye-opening”, “so, so […]

Art Exhibition: ‘Bangla is not my mother tongue’

22/01/201702/05/2020Saif OsmaniLeave a Comment

The vast majority of London-based Bangladeshis speak Sylheti yet their language and standard Bengali are mutually unintelligible. Recently the written script, Sylheti Nagri has seen a revival in south Asia and in the UK, as a new generation question the disconnect between what they speak at home and how they communicate in public.

What Is Good Hair? 3 Part Documentary

08/01/201702/05/2020Kashif BootheLeave a Comment

My name is Kashif Boothe and In September 2016 I released a 3 Part documentary series on hair titled ‘What Is Good Hair?‘ What Is Good Hair? features black and mixed race women who choose to rock their natural hair. In this documentary they share their experiences, the misconceptions and whether women who wear weaves, […]

bfm International film festival 2015 (bfmiff2015) 12th Edition Returns to London

05/05/201522/06/2017Black Film MakersLeave a Comment

London— April 8th, 2015. The bfmiff2015 12th Edition returns to London after an absence of 4 years. The festival will take place from Thursday 2nd to Sunday 5th July 2015.

What Are They Saying About Britain And Racism?

28/04/201508/08/2016Black Music CongressLeave a Comment

A new documentary launched a week after the general election in Westminster provides some answers

International Jazz Day at a UN Underwriting Genocide in Yemen After Having Ordered Libya’s Obliteration and Korea Reconquered

12/04/201517/03/2016Jay JansonLeave a Comment

Some, if not most, of the most accomplished jazz musicians in the world performed brilliantly at the United Nations on International Jazz Day, April 10, 2015, at the same time sanctifying with music a failed United Nations, which, since its creation by the colonial powers, has facilitated genocide for profit of the amoral wealthy elite […]

American Sniper: White Fundamentalism At Its Most Savage

19/01/201514/06/2020Mark Watson1 Comment

“I considered the people I was killing to be savages because of the violence they committed against American troops, the beheadings, the rapes of innocent villagers. They lived by putting fear into other people’s hearts and civilized people don’t act that way. I wasn’t so much committed to killing them as I was committed to […]

Rapper Lupe Fiasco kicked off stage by Barack Obama’s security for criticising the president

04/02/201324/05/2017Mark Watson3 Comments

Rapper Lupe Fiasco, real name Wasalu Muhammad Jaco, was kicked off stage by Barack Obama’s security at the StartUp RockOn concert to celebrate the re-election of the president on January 21st at the Hamilton in Washington D.C., after singing a rap which criticised Barack Obama and America’s foreign policy.

BBC’s new Empire series should be viewed in a critical light

23/02/201206/04/2012Mark Watson1 Comment

A new five-part BBC series about the British Empire will explore the so called ‘good’ and bad aspects of the empire, but this idea that the British Empire was somehow a force for good is an affront to the African slave trade and nations which were subjected to colonial rule by force.

Student film-maker wins United Nations awards by ‘Breaking into the Museum’

02/11/201130/04/2020Marion VargaftigLeave a Comment

Chris Lamontagne, a 20 year old student from Westminster is celebrating after news that he has won two prestigious awards at the PLURAL+ Youth Video Festival, an international festival with awards established by the United Nations Alliance of Civilisations (UNAOC).