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Nadine Marsh-Edwards
Nadine Marsh-Edwards (born 1960 or 1963) is an English film producer. She has been described as "a pivotal force in developing a black British cinema". Life Marsh-Edwards graduated from Goldsmiths College before cofounding the Sankofa Film and Video Collective with Isaac Julien, Maureen Blackwood, Martina Attille and Robert Crusz in 1983. She produced films made by several others in the collective before moving to a more commercial success with Gurinder Chadha's 1994 film ''Bhaji on the Beach''. In 2010 Marsh-Edwards founded the production company Greenacre Films with Amanda Jenks. It became a division of Wall to Wall Media in 2012. In 2015 Ealing Studios acquired a stake. The company produced the 2018 Netflix original film ''Been So Long (film), Been So Long''. In 2019 they announced a first-look TV deal with Banijay. They also announced work on TV adaptations of two novels by Indian writer Thrity Umrigar, ''The Space Between Us (novel), The Space Between Us'' and its sequel ''Th ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Goldsmiths College
Goldsmiths, University of London, officially the Goldsmiths' College, is a constituent research university of the University of London in England. It was originally founded in 1891 as The Goldsmiths' Technical and Recreative Institute by the Worshipful Company of Goldsmiths in New Cross, London. It was renamed Goldsmiths' College after being acquired by the University of London in 1904 and specialises in the arts, design, humanities and social sciences. The main building on campus, known as the Richard Hoggart Building, was originally opened in 1792 and is the site of the former Royal Naval School. According to Quacquarelli Symonds (2021), Goldsmiths ranks 12th in Communication and Media Studies, 15th in Art & Design and is ranked in the top 50 in the areas of Anthropology, Sociology and the Performing Arts. In 2020, the university enrolled over 10,000 students at undergraduate and postgraduate levels. 37% of students come from outside the United Kingdom and 52% of all undergradu ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
BBC3
BBC Three is a British free-to-air public broadcast television channel owned and operated by the BBC. It was first launched on 9 February 2003 with programmes targeting 16 to 34-year-olds, covering all genres including animation, comedy, current affairs, and drama series. The television channel closed down in 2016 and was replaced by an online-only BBC Three streaming channel. After six years of being online, BBC Three returned to linear television on 1 February 2022. It broadcasts every day from 19:00 to around 04:00, timesharing with CBBC (which starts at 07:00). BBC Three is the BBC's youth-orientated television channel, its remit to provide "innovative programming" to a target audience of viewers between 16 and 34 years old, leveraging technology as well as new talent. Unlike its commercial rivals, 90% of BBC Three's output originated from the United Kingdom. Notable exceptions were '' Family Guy'' and ''American Dad'' (both of them originating in the United States). It an ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1960 Births
Year 196 ( CXCVI) was a leap year starting on Thursday (link will display the full calendar) of the Julian calendar. At the time, it was known as the Year of the Consulship of Dexter and Messalla (or, less frequently, year 949 ''Ab urbe condita''). The denomination 196 for this year has been used since the early medieval period, when the Anno Domini calendar era became the prevalent method in Europe for naming years. Events By place Roman Empire * Emperor Septimius Severus attempts to assassinate Clodius Albinus but fails, causing Albinus to retaliate militarily. * Emperor Septimius Severus captures and sacks Byzantium; the city is rebuilt and regains its previous prosperity. * In order to assure the support of the Roman legion in Germany on his march to Rome, Clodius Albinus is declared Augustus by his army while crossing Gaul. * Hadrian's wall in Britain is partially destroyed. China * First year of the '' Jian'an era of the Chinese Han Dynasty. * Emperor Xian o ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
An Englishman In New York (film)
''An Englishman in New York'' is a 2009 biographical film that chronicles the years gay English writer Quentin Crisp spent in New York City, starring John Hurt reprising his role as Crisp from '' The Naked Civil Servant'' (1975). The film takes its title from "Englishman in New York", a song about Crisp written by Sting for the 1987 album '' ...Nothing Like the Sun''. Plot The film follows Quentin Crisp's move in the late 1970s from London to New York City, where he was embraced by celebrities and artists. Crisp becomes a local, and then more national celebrity and writes for New York magazines. He struggles to find his way through flippant comments he makes during the AIDS crisis which he refuses to recant. He befriends and helps to promote artist Patrick Angus. In the 1990s, he continues his hefty schedule of public performances, including a two-person show with performance artist Penny Arcade. He appears in the Sally Potter film ''Orlando'' as Queen Elizabeth I and appears for ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Oliver Schmitz
Oliver Schmitz (born 1960) is a South African film director and screenwriter. His film ''Mapantsula'' was screened in the Un Certain Regard section at the 1988 Cannes Film Festival. His 2010 film ''Life, Above All'' was also screened in the Un Certain Regard section at the 2010 Cannes Film Festival and it was selected as the South African entry for the Best Foreign Language Film at the 83rd Academy Awards. It made the shortlist of nominations announced in January 2011. Selected filmography * ''Mapantsula'' (1988) * '' Hijack Stories'' (2000) * ''Paris, je t'aime'' (2006) * '' Deadly Harvest'' (2008) * ''Life, Above All'' (2010) * ''Shepherds and Butchers'' (2016) Awards * Black Reel Awards 2012 Nominated * Black Reel Outstanding Foreign Film * Dubai International Film Festival2010 Won * Durban International Film Festival The Durban International Film Festival (DIFF) is an annual film festival that takes place in Durban, KwaZulu-Natal province, South Africa. Founded in ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hijack Stories
''Hijack Stories'' is a 2000 South African crime film directed by Oliver Schmitz. It was screened in the Un Certain Regard section at the 2001 Cannes Film Festival. Cast * Tony Kgoroge as Sox Moraka * Rapulana Seiphemo as Zama * Percy Matsemela as Fly * Makhaola Ndebele as Joe * Moshidi Motshegwa as Grace * Emily McArthur as Nicky * Owen Sejake as Bra Dan * Harold 'Speedy' Matihabo as Kenneth * George Lamola as Steve * Robert Whitehead as Casting Director * Molemo Maarohanye as Bar youth * Nimrod Nkosi as Bar youth * Shane Maja as Bar youth * Tumisho Masha as Bar youth * Arthur Molepo as Brixton cop #1 * Carl Beukes Carl Beukes (born 3 October 1976) is a South African actor best known for his roles as Paul McPherson in ''Isidingo'' and as the archangel Gabriel in ''Dominion''. Beukes is a graduate of The National School of the Arts, where he studied Speech ... as Brixton cop #2 References External links * 2000 films 2000 crime films 2000s English-language films ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Les Blair
Leslie "Les" Blair (born 23 October 1941, Manchester, England) is a BAFTA winning television, film and theatre director. Gaining notoriety for his controversial mini-series ''Law And Order'' (shown in 1978 on BBC2), Blair has gone on to direct films characterised by their political and social awareness. Blair graduated from and currently teaches at London Film School. In 2019, he was made Honorary Associate of London Film School. Filmography *''Blooming Youth'' (BBC '' Play for Today'', 1973) (TV) *''Bet Your Life'' (BBC '' Play for Today'', 1976) (TV) *''Law And Order In modern politics, law and order is the approach focusing on harsher enforcement and penalties as ways to reduce crime. Penalties for perpetrators of disorder may include longer terms of imprisonment, mandatory sentencing, three-strikes laws a ...'' (1978) (TV) *''Only A Game'' (1981) (TV) *''The Nation's Health'' (1983) (TV) *''Number One'' (1985) *''Honest Decent And True'' (1986) (TV) *'' London's Bu ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jump The Gun (film)
''Jump the Gun'' is a 1996 South African film directed by Les Blair for Channel Four Films. The film follows six diverse, working class individuals as they try and establish themselves in the newly democratic South Africa. Les Blair's quintessentially British Kitchen sink realism is applied to a South African context. The film stars Baby Cele, Lionel Newton, and Michele Burgers amongst others. Characters were built from the ground up with South African actors by using improvisation. The film won the Chicago International Film Festival award in 1997 for best film. Plot Summary Set in Johannesburg, the film follows the tangled lives of six very different working-class characters, formerly kept apart by apartheid and now all striving to succeed in the new "rainbow nation". United by their common insecurities, both physical and financial, the film follows their struggle to discover their niche in this brave new world where opportunity beckons, but violence is always lurking. Cas ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Liddy Oldroyd
Elizabeth Mary "Liddy" Oldroyd (16 June 1955 – 27 June 2002) was an English television director known for her work as the director of all 65 episodes of the situation comedy show ''Drop the Dead Donkey'' between 1990 and 1998, earning her several awards. Born in Guildford into a working-class family, her career began as a production assistant for London Weekend Television. She was the first female director of the satirical puppet programme ''Spitting Image''. Early life and career Elizabeth Mary Oldroyd was born on 16 June 1955 in Guildford, Surrey. She was the youngest of four children to working class parents Elsie and Fred Oldroyd, a mechanical engineer who died when Liddy was eleven years old. Oldroyd was similar in character to her father, and wanted to become an show business actress. She was educated at Guildford County School for Girls, where she was unable to pass her Latin examination but succeeded in Drama lessons. Oldroyd later attended the University of York where ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ngozi Onwurah
Ngozi Onwurah (born 1966) is a British-Nigerian film director, producer, model, and lecturer. She is best known as a filmmaker for her autobiographical film ''The Body Beautiful'' (1991) and her first feature film, ''Welcome II the Terrordome'' (1994). Her work is reflective of the unfiltered experiences of Black Diaspora in which she was raised. Early life and education Ngozi Onwurah was born in the year 1966 in Nigeria to a Nigerian father, and a white British mother, Madge Onwurah. She has two siblings, Simon Onwurah and Labour MP Chi Onwurah. As children, Onwurah's mother was forced to flee with her children from Nigeria in order to escape the Nigerian Civil War. They fled to England, where Ngozi and Simon spent the majority of their childhood. Growing up in a predominantly white neighborhood, Onwurah and her brother endured social abuse and racism, stemming from their biracial identity and father's absence. Onwurah began her studies in film at St. Martin’s School o ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Young Soul Rebels
''Young Soul Rebels'' is a 1991 British coming-of-age thriller written by Derek Saldaan McClintock, Isaac Julien and Paul Hallam, and directed by Julien as his second narrative feature film. The film examines the interaction between youth cultural movements during the late 1970s in the UK — namely skinheads, punks, and soulboys — along with the social, political, and cultural tensions between them. The film was released in the United Kingdom on 9 August 1991, followed by a North American release on 6 December 1991. The film was the feature film acting debut of Sophie Okonedo and Eamonn Walker. Plot The film revolves around various plots. The central story-line is about a murder investigation involving one of the central characters Chris ( Valentine Nonyela) and his relationship with his girlfriend Tracy (Sophie Okonedo). The second narrative involves the relationship between a gay punk Billibud (Jason Durr) and a soulboy Caz (Mo Sesay) and the racism and homophobia they fac ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Looking For Langston
''Looking for Langston'' is a 1989 British black-and-white film, directed by Isaac Julien and produced by Sankofa Film & Video Productions. It combines authentic archival newsreel footage of Harlem in the 1920s with scripted scenes to produce a non-linear impressionistic storyline celebrating black gay identity and desire during the artistic and cultural period known as the Harlem Renaissance in New York. The film has a runtime of about 42 minutes. Critical synopsis Opening the film is a voice-over of the original radio broadcast made in tribute to Langston Hughes upon his death in 1967 as the scene of his funeral is recreated and reinterpreted. Interspersed among such images as shifting time periods that seamlessly flow from past to present, black men dancing together within a revisionist version of the Cotton Club, or a speakeasy, and dream sequences, are brief narrative extracts from the poetic works of Hughes alongside those of Richard Bruce Nugent, James Baldwin, and E ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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