Migrant Media Film Night
Migrant Media was established in 1989 and is a collective of radical film makers working in documentary production. Self-described as activists embedded with communities of social and political interest, Migrant Media's work has a focus on race and class with a central narrative of resistance.
In this film night we screen two films that will be followed by a panel discussion with the director Ken Fero, Marica Rigg (sister of Sean Rigg, United Families & Friends Campaign), Lisa Robinson (Bright Ideas Nottingham) and Bussa (Nottingham City Monitor).
Ken Fero is a filmmaker, activist and a founding member of Migrant Media who in collaboration with Parisian based Agence Im’Media produced a series of films around peoples’ self-defence to racist attacks called ‘Communities of Resistance’ including ‘Britain’s Black Legacy’ (1991) ‘Germany The Other Story’ (1991) and ‘Sweet France’ (1992). Over the last 25 years he has directed a number of award-winning films independently producing some politically controversial commissions for Channel 4, BBC, FR3 and PressTV. He produced the groundbreaking highly acclaimed radical cinematic documentary feature Injustice (2001) about deaths in police custody in the UK. He has since produced a stream of poetic essay films on similar subjects including Po Po (2013) and Burn (2014). He was recently given a mini-retrospective of his work with Migrant Media at the National Film Theatre. He is a Senior Lecturer in Media Production at Coventry University and Lecturer in Campaign Production at Regents University, London.
Lisa Robinson is the director of Bright Ideas Nottingham, a vibrant community based business that works with local people to effect change and improvement in their communities. “We believe that the community voice should be heard and that it is the people from the community that can inspire and direct the most necessary and positive changes in the places where they live.” Bright Ideas Nottingham seek to improve the quality and access to services for local people through cultural brokerage and community engagement and involvement. www.brightideasnottingham.co.uk
Marica Rigg is the sister of Sean Rigg and member of The United Families & Friends Campaign (UFFC), a coalition of those affected by deaths in police, prison and psychiatric custody, supports others in similar situations. Established in 1997 initially as a network of Black families, over recent years the group has expanded and now includes the families and friends of people from varied ethnicities who have also died in custody. uffcampaign.org
Bussa is part of the Nottingham City Monitor. NottmCityMon was formed out of a group of concerned local parents and community people who created and distributed CRAP cards (Campaign to Reduce Abuse Policing) to inform/assist young people yo ‘Know Your Rights’ when engaged by the Police during stop and search/stop and account which was disproportionately affecting Black people in nottingham, especially furing the period leading up to and after tge uprisings of 2011, initiated by the murfder of Mark Duggan by the Met Police. We monitor acrtivities andf initiatives by the Police local and bnational and disseminate this within our community via leafleting/ media/ film screenings/ meetings. We are also engaged and support other campaighns arounf pi9verty, social deprivations, asylum seekers andf refugees and attempt to build stronger grassroot netwoprks using principles of self help and mutual aid. Contact Bussa on nottinghamcitymonitor@gmail.com, @NottmCityMon
Event:
Migrant Media Film NightDates:
28 Feb 2017, 6.30pm–8.30pmSupported by:
