{"id":36642,"date":"2018-06-05T13:03:10","date_gmt":"2018-06-05T12:03:10","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/essentiallypop.com\/epop\/?p=36642"},"modified":"2018-06-05T15:14:34","modified_gmt":"2018-06-05T14:14:34","slug":"windrush70-a-special-film-event-tribute-from-kush-films-saturday-june-9","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/essentiallypop.com\/epop\/2018\/06\/windrush70-a-special-film-event-tribute-from-kush-films-saturday-june-9\/","title":{"rendered":"#Windrush70 – A Special Film Event Tribute from Kush Films – Saturday June 9"},"content":{"rendered":"

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A special 70th\u00a0Year Windrush Anniversary Film Screening Event remembering the history of migration from the Caribbean and the continuing story of present day migration and how this\u00a0has transformed England and the rest of Europe!<\/strong><\/h4>\n

Presenting a programme of powerful short films reflecting the Windrush era and also present day migration and the troubling stories of migrant enslavement in Libya. This will be supported by a memorable live ‘Streets Paved With Gold’ theatrical\u00a0performance by Leicester actor Victor Richards all commemorating the \u2018Windrush\u2019 generation and the powerful story of mass-migration with an emphasis on those that first arrived from the Caribbean, 70 years ago on the ship Empire Windrush.<\/b><\/p>\n

EVENT HIGHLIGHTS:<\/strong><\/p>\n

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Film: ‘Sorry We Don’t Help Darkies’<\/strong><\/p>\n

A Caribbean family living in London’s Notting Hill during the tension and violence that led to the 1958 race riots, where black homes where targeted and smashed, comes to a brutal realisation that life in post war Britain is far from the ‘Mother Country’ that would welcome them with open arms as they had been told to get them aboard the ‘Empire Windrush’ boat to help England rebuild after World War II…<\/p>\n

Starring Richard Campbell, Michelle Greenidge, Jemima Ojona, Kai Francis-Lewis & Cameron Palmer Charles.<\/p>\n

Writer\/Director: Travis Watson \/ 2013 \/10 mins<\/p>\n

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Performance: ‘Streets Paved With Gold’<\/strong><\/p>\n

We are pleased to present a special\u00a0live 20 min theatrical performance by much-liked Leicester actor Victor Richards telling the imagined story of one man’s plight as a member of the arriving Windrush Generation entitled ‘Streets Paved With Gold’.<\/p>\n

There will also be an award-winning ‘Streets Paved With Gold’ music\/poetry video by Victor played at the start of the evening as part of the event program.<\/p>\n

More info on Victor Richards and his Windrush poetry, book and one-man play can be found here<\/a>.<\/p>\n

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Film: ‘The Dead Sea’<\/strong><\/p>\n

An award-winning short film inspired by a true story from the recent Refugee Crisis. (It wasn’t too long after this film was made that worldwide news agencies reported migrants been enslaved in Libya).<\/p>\n

The story follows Emmanuel and Olu who, after almost reaching Europe by boat, are returned to Libya and incarcerated in one of its infamous migrant\u00a0detention centres.\u00a0<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n

THE DEAD SEA is the latest film from writer\/director Stuart Gatt and stars Sope Dirisu (Humans, The Huntsman: Winter\u2019s War), Joan Iyiola (Denial, A Season in the Congo) and Yasen Atour (Mission Impossible, Rogue Nation). Its affiliated charities are\u00a0Medecins Sans Frontieres<\/strong>\u00a0and\u00a0Human Rights at Sea<\/strong>.<\/p>\n

Producer: Kate Glover
\nUK \/ 2016 \/ 15 mins<\/p>\n

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