Confession time: for a good majority of my two decade existence, I had never heard of Aretha Franklin despite her status as the ‘Queen of Soul’. Even worse is that the...
Judas and the Black Messiah Maximises the Weight of the True Story
Many recent cinematic stories have delved deep into black history's myriad aspects. A proportion of those successes have resulted from the direction, writing or production...
Celebrating Modern BAME Change and Activism in Lancaster
Lancaster’s history reveals its role within the 18th century slave trade and an economy built off the profits of slave labour disclosing the reality of a modern local...
Candyman 1992 vs 2021: The Symbol of Black Suffering Remains Tragically Relevant
The last few years have seen the meteoric rise of the ‘Social Thriller’, a subgenre of horror that focuses heavily on societal issues, due in no small part to...