After the huge success of the first Windrush Caribbean Film Festival (WCFF) in Newport, The Riverfront Theatre and Arts Centre are delighted to be continuing a programme of films specifically selected to showcase the rich legacies that the Windrush generation have given to Britain.
For those that are new to the Festival, the WCFF launched in 2020 with the aim of engaging and educating audiences about the contributions of the Windrush generation and their descendants through film screenings, talkbacks, interviews and workshops. The ‘Windrush’ generation are those who arrived in the UK from Caribbean countries between 1948 and 1973. Each film at the festival is
Take a look at what will be screening:
The art of oppression 42mins
Director Patricia Francis 2021
This film is about 3 female artists are given 3 weeks each to create a work of art during the lockdown. The women are culturally diverse and use their art to speak of marginalisation and oppression. Voice is important in this film, the director gives volume and primacy to the women's lived experiences and to what they reveal of the process in creating their art.
Black Exodus 2091 18mins
Director: Daniel Bailey
Black Exodus is a visualisation of what the black community looks like when you separate it from racial oppression. Using the richness and the pain of their past to engineer their futures, creative artist discuss what is needed to create a Black Utopia focusing on the role of healing, spirituality, community, birth and death and the need for the acceptance of queerness in the Black Community.
Gifts from Babylon.
Director: Bas Ackermann, Amadou A Silah, Babucar Manka, Modou Joof
Gifts from Babylon is a short film exploring the psychological impact of Africa-EU migration through the lens of a Gambian return-migrant. The film captures the personal conflicts that arise when Modou, a deported refugee, returns to his home country after having lived illegally in Europe for five years. Suffering from intense flashbacks of his illegal migrant journey, he wonders what has become of him.
‘’We are really proud to be working with Cinema Golau and showcasing these critically acclaimed films’’, Danielle Rowlands, the Education and Participation Officer at The Riverfront Theatre and Arts Centre.
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