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Coming soon... FAM: an original hip-hop drama

Dr Noah Birksted-Breen discusses the production of a forthcoming and original new Black British hip-hop drama that he and Professor Rajinder Dudrah worked on together.

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British Matrimonies + Queer Glocalities

Rahul discusses South Asian Diasporic Sexualities from Hanif Kureishi’s My Beautiful Laundrette (1985) to Damien O’Don...

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Man Like Sharik or: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Mobeen

Everyone kept telling Sharik to check out  Man Like Mobeen (2017-) . Everyone. He was hesitant of how British-Asians...

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Pepper Watcher - A British Asian History in India

Ramya S, a doctoral student of Digital Literature in the Department of English at Anna University in India explores th...

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Sonic Borderlines: British Black and South Asian Screen Media in M.I.A.’s "Borders"

“Borders” (2015) is a striking work of audio-visual media that invokes the fact of blackness explored by Baldwin, Hugh...

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Thoughts on I May Destroy You

Janet Wilson, Emerita Professor at University of Northampton and Visiting Professor at BCU, reflects on the brilliance...

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Background to Birmingham Film and Video Workshop

Professor Roger Shannon reflects upon the Birmingham Film and Video Workshop (BFVW). 

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My Trilogy of Films

Birmingham-based filmmaker Yugesh Walia discusses the trilogy of films he made between 1980 and 1982, including Mirror,...

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Cornershop and British Asian Culture

Undergraduate student Isabella Skinner discusses legendary band Cornershop, their discography, and impact upon British ...

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Falling for Daniel Day-Lewis and Thatcher’s Britain in Hanif Kureishi’s My Beautiful Laundrette

Ghazala Nazir Butt, PhD student at the University of Northampton, reflects on her experiences growing up in Birmingham ...

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The Colony - An Unsung Classic

Dina Iordanova discusses the 1960s classic The Colony.

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Thoughts On Race, Media and Memory

Dina Iordanova offers her thoughts on Steve McQueen's 2020 film Mangrove. 

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Mangrove - Dissemination and Audience Reception

Dina Iordanova continues her assessment of Steve McQueen's powerful show Mangrove and how the events remain relevant to...

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How Coronavirus Has Changed My Relationship With Social Media

My relationship with social media has changed quite a bit in the last nine months. Back in March, like many others, I ...

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Top Boy - review

Kechae West offers a frank and thought-provoking review of the popular Netflix series Top Boy.

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Education, Education, Education

David Simmons , Senior Lecturer in English and Screen Studies at the University of Northampton, discusses Steve McQue...

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