Archive to Blockbuster allows four academics to pitch ideas for films, based on their original research, to film industry experts and a public audience. A2B films all showcase stories about BAME histories, bringing opportunities to address the concerns of #oscarssowhite, and helping organisations like the British Film Institute, BBC, FilmFour and others who have all set up diversity campaigns. Our ideas will provide roles for BAME actors and professionals both in front and behind the camera.
Maria del Pilar Kaladeen UPRISE!
The turbulence of the last two decades of indenture in British Guiana, beginning with a letter writing campaign by East Indians and ending with a dramatic riot, will be shown through the story of two indentured immigrants. There will be drama, romance, music and action.
The turbulence of the last two decades of indenture in British Guiana, beginning with a letter writing campaign by East Indians and ending with a dramatic riot, will be shown through the story of two indentured immigrants. There will be drama, romance, music and action.
Sumita Mukherjee Nightingale of India
A biopic of Sarojini Naidu (1879-1949). A poet, who studied at Cambridge; she then became an ally of Gandhi and strident campaigner for women’s emancipation. She campaigned all over the world & was imprisoned many times. Despite the fear of arrest, Naidu expressed hope for an independent India.
A biopic of Sarojini Naidu (1879-1949). A poet, who studied at Cambridge; she then became an ally of Gandhi and strident campaigner for women’s emancipation. She campaigned all over the world & was imprisoned many times. Despite the fear of arrest, Naidu expressed hope for an independent India.
Eva Namusoke Songs on Namirembe Hill
Songs on Namirembe Hill tells the story of the last week in the life of Uganda’s Archbishop Janani Luwum. In February 1977 Luwum spearheaded an unprecedented criticism of President Idi Amin’s regime – a week later the archbishop was brutally murdered. The film is ultimately a story of hope and courage in the face of fantastical tyranny, as seen through the eyes of the Ugandans who lived it.
Songs on Namirembe Hill tells the story of the last week in the life of Uganda’s Archbishop Janani Luwum. In February 1977 Luwum spearheaded an unprecedented criticism of President Idi Amin’s regime – a week later the archbishop was brutally murdered. The film is ultimately a story of hope and courage in the face of fantastical tyranny, as seen through the eyes of the Ugandans who lived it.
Michael Ohajuru UNFULFILLED Black Love at Henry VIII’s Court
Unfulfilled is the story of the illicit, ill-fated, miss-matched love affair between Henry VIII’s black court trumpeter – John Blanke and Katharine of Aragon’s black personal chamber maid – Catalina ; set against the back drop of Henry’s doomed, twin desires for a male heir and an alliance with France against Spain.
Unfulfilled is the story of the illicit, ill-fated, miss-matched love affair between Henry VIII’s black court trumpeter – John Blanke and Katharine of Aragon’s black personal chamber maid – Catalina ; set against the back drop of Henry’s doomed, twin desires for a male heir and an alliance with France against Spain.
