by Jennifer G Robinson | Nov 9, 2019 | Women in Film
Come and join us as we open our annual event on Friday 29th November as we start to pick apart some of the vexed challenges about black women’s representation in UK media. Get to know our guest panellists who’ll guide our discussion. Myvanwy Evans is the founder... by Jennifer G Robinson | Nov 2, 2019 | Women in Film
It all started with a tweet, such is social media’s power to illicit debate now. Top Boy was the catalyst; that Channel4-come Drake-come-Netflix-rebirth of a certain brand of British black life…British black man’s life. Top Boy was trending on its first screening... 
by Jennifer G Robinson | Sep 7, 2019 | Women in Film
It’s difficult to nail down a favourite Angela Bassett film, there’re too many. Bassett’s imdb.com filmography is lengthy. It was always going to be difficult to choose just one film; like gazing into a chocolate box and not knowing what to start gorging on. Yet just... 
by Jennifer G Robinson | Aug 28, 2019 | Women in Film
(may contain spoilers) The juxtaposition of landscapes at the beginning and end of Shola Amoo’s The Last Tree are mirrors, anchoring the story to a satisfying conclusion. The landscapes are used as internal safe spaces for the boy then man, in this coming of... 
by Jennifer G Robinson | Aug 3, 2019 | Women in Film
I was fortunate to have watched a preview screening of Shola Amoo’s The Last Tree (2019), a much-anticipated film. Amoo has up to this production, made short films with stories to include Touch (2013) and A Moving Image (2016). The Last Tree is an obvious... 
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