The first Weekend of Wednesdays festival presented debate-generating films at Impact Hub at the end of last week.
A primarily young audience showed interest in London black activism, the portrayal of women and femininity, the refugee crisis captured by the documentaries.
Before the last screening of the first day, curator Paul Stringer spoke to us about how the audience engaged. He also told us what he is taking with him from this edition:
“Lots of thoughts, lots of ideas. It was really nice to actually hear feedback as well, and about things they might want to see and what has worked really well.”
Rooted in the 2-years-old Yellow Wednesdays film club, the festival stands out by the type of productions it showcases. Such is Generation Revolution, screened on Saturday evening, a documentary following the evolution of 3 organisations of black and brown activists in London.
The feature-length production offers a complex perspective on what motivates these young activists. But it also paints a detailed picture on the difficult decisions they sometimes face.
With the film following the activists and their actions for two years, the debate they trigger remains. But so does the awareness they raise by taking actions through helping the homeless by distributing essential packs, and stopping traffic on the motorway with #BlackLivesMatter banners and chants.
Police officers arrested 13 protesters following a demonstration at a Home Office immigration centre in Solihull yesterday evening. The group…
A man has been charged after a woman in her 70s was knocked to the ground and robbed in Birmingham's…
We have news coming in this evening of 13 arrests being made outside an immigration centre in Solihull. According to…
Two men have been convicted after killing a father of two in Ladywood in October 2022. Ali Salih Abdalaah, aged…
West Midlands Police have charged two men with burglary after an address was broken into in Coventry. Officers were called…
Two people have been arrested during West Midlands Police's Project Guardian patrols in Washwood Heath, Birmingham. Officers out on patrol this…