Posted on 15 June 2011.
Attack the Block or Attack the Blacks? It’s number three in the UK box office, after Thor and Fast Furious. It features a majority Black British cast so how does this film portray black people and what impressions will the tens of thousands of mostly white viewers walk away with? The main characters in the movies are ...
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Posted on 18 October 2009.
Norman Beaton was a teacher turned actor. He will be best remembered for his role as Peckhams best loved Barber in the hit T.V show 'Desmonds'. Norman Lugard Beaton was born in Georgetown Guyana. Beaton attended Queen's College in Guyana until he was expelled for truancy and bad grades. He was given a second chance at ...
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Posted on 21 September 2009.
In the Early 1980's the tensions of inner City Living and intense policing collided. Rioting erupted in inner city London. This film shows some of the events of the 1981 Brixton riots. Were you there? Do you know anyone who was there who participated in the disturbances? Related Links: The Met The Scarman ...
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Joseph Knight
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