Category: Film
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Media and adverts have ingrained into popular imagination that only skinny White people surf. However, Diana Cardwell notes in a New York Times article that there is a growing community of Black surfers because “surfing with other Black people can foster a profound sense of healing.” Therefore, filmmaker Bola Adeoshun and director Lolly created the short documentary…
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The gripping anthology series known for its thought-provoking and dystopian tales, Black Mirror, has captivated audiences worldwide with its unique blend of technology and human nature since 2011. As the highly anticipated Season 6 returns, GUAP sat down with it leading stars about taking on their roles and stepping into the Black Mirror Universe. Starring…
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Spiderman Across the Spider-verse is the latest Marvel release based on a Puerto Rican, African American teenager Miles Morales, and his adolescent struggle to juggle school and his Spiderman duties. The film is a sequel to Spiderman Into the Spider-verse, where we see a slightly younger Miles Morales united with a team of other Spidermen…
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![POBM [@PrismofBlack_] is creatively championing our engagement with Black masculinity narratives](https://guap.co/wp-content/uploads/2023/05/image-1-1140x850.png)
“A prism reflects light into many different colours. And that’s what we wanted to do. We wanted to put a Black man through a prism and show you many different expressions. We wanted to show innocence, vulnerability, violence, and all the other unique individual experiences of Black men.” These words by 33 year old British…
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![Halle Bailey’s [@hallebailey] performance in the Little Mermaid is nothing short of perfection](https://guap.co/wp-content/uploads/2023/05/Screenshot-2023-05-25-at-16.41.38-1140x850.png)
Famously known for her iconic rise in music with her sister, Halle Bailey has remarkably risen as a lead actress to watch this year with her performance as Ariel in Disney’s The Little Mermaid. Despite the racist slander and online back-and-forth regarding Disney’s progressive casting of a black lead for the white fictional character, all…
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![Coco Jones [@cocojones] is reviving Hilary Banks](https://guap.co/wp-content/uploads/2023/05/Screenshot-2023-05-10-at-13.46.17-1140x850.png)
The Bel-Air spin-off has revived many of the characters we used to see on our screens. The show managed to capture a blend of nostalgia with modernity – although the characters are the same, their challenges and quirks aren’t. In celebration of this new season, we spoke with Coco Jones to discuss what to expect…
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The Crossing Chicken Films and The Prism of a Black Male are proud to present The Prism of a Black Male: the Exhibition, a half-day experimental exhibition that harnesses film as a medium to create a safe and inclusive space for delving into the nuanced and complex challenges that black men encounter—taking place 13th of…
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What happens when five high-achieving students in a school in South London decide to start planning a heist? Penny Up is a new coming-of-age comedy short film where a group of young students plans to take back everything the school had confiscated throughout their years. Adventurous, funny, and gripping, the short film is a dynamic…
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Dionne Edwards has been making her mark in the film industry since the release of her critically acclaimed film. We Love Moses. Her first debut feature, PRETTY RED DRESS, is set to hit cinemas across the UK and Ireland on the 16th of June, 2023. Judging from the just-released trailer, we can already tell it’s a film not to…
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![‘A Thousand And One’ starring Teyana Taylor [@teyanataylor] shows a black mother’s sacrificial love always wins](https://guap.co/wp-content/uploads/2023/04/image002-1140x850.jpg)
This year’s grand jury prize winner at Sundance is AV Rockwell’s A Thousand And One starring musical icon Teyana Taylor, who plays Inez. Inez is an unchainable tenacious black mother and hairdresser from Harlem with post-foster care trauma. Determined to save her son Terry from her foster care fate, she kidnaps the 6-year-old who was…
