Category: Arts & Culture
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Female director & filmmaker, Lolly, is launching a venture to help encourage active change within the creative industry. After reflecting on her experiences, she aims to help those other female creatives around her as well as the next upcoming generation who aspire to step into film-making. She has teamed up with other female creatives to…
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![Meet KAIN: The Creative Duo Exploring Marginalised Experiences in Society [@thekainbrand]](https://guap.co/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/image0-1-180x180.jpeg)
Guest Contributor: Blessing Barode Two young creatives Dessiree and Anastasia have birthed the platform KAIN which aims to break the barrier of expression between black women and society, first by exploring West African hairdressers in South East London. It’s an experience that is a central part of growing up as a young black girl, and with the…
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Will Malorie Blackman’s noughts+crosses open the minds of the white privileged? On the 5th of March, a staggering 2.5 million people tuned in to watch Malorie Blackman’s Noughts + Crosses ’s novel series adaption, make its debut on BBC One. Blackman transports us to a 21st-century world where the power of races has been flipped.…
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![Harry Lindley’s New Nova Twins Video is Every Matrix Lover’s Dream. [@_harry_lindley_]](https://guap.co/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/CUT-V15.00_02_02_05.Still006-180x180.jpg)
Meet Harry Lindley, the self-taught VFX Film Director GUAP got the chance to sit down with self-taught VFX film director – Harry Lindley – who recently released his newest project “Taxi” with British rock duo Nova Twins. Lindley creates every matrix lover’s dream as we watch the Nova Twins in fast car city chases and…
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New Red Bull documentary featuring cultural icon Teyana Taylor, gives viewers a glimpse on behind-the-scenes of her most ambitious show to date. Released on the 20th of February, the documentary titled Assembly Required: Teyana Taylor’s House of Petunia examines the creative process of Teyana’s performance at the Red Bull Music Festival in New York. The…
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![No Body-Shaming in 2020! Billie Eilish Takes A Stand. [@billieeilish]](https://guap.co/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/GettyImages-1211487574-180x180.jpg)
Billie Eilish Condemns Body-Shamers In World Tour Video Interlude Billie Eilish’s oversized clothing has become her trademark. She explained in her 2019 Calvin Klein campaign “I never want the world to know everything about me, I mean, that’s why I wear big, baggy clothes: Nobody can have an opinion, because they haven’t seen what’s underneath.”…
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Young people all over the country are creating grass roots change within their community and influencing their peers to follow their lead. We caught up with, Hezron, Moses and Mariam, 3 changemakers to find out how they are helping young people in their local area. Hezron, 29, is a reformed gang member from Birmingham who…
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Check out what Netflix has to offer this Woman’s History Month! Sex Education – The second season of this show has been the biggest highlight of Netlflix 2020 so far. Sex Education is set in the UK and filmed in Wales. With a format of an American teen show, Sex Education explores issues relating to…
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![Playboy’s Equality Issue is Beautifully Captured by Photographer [@AdrienneRaquel]](https://guap.co/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/Playboy_Chasity-Samone_16x9-180x180.jpg)
Adrienne Raquel brings inclusivity to Playboy. This year, Playboy publication stated that “The Winter 2020 PLAYBOY is dedicated to equality. In this issue, you’ll meet people who are shaping culture and leading the charge for change, people whose work gives us hope that in this next decade we will all enjoy a more equitable society.”. …
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Danielle Colleman from Lewisham, South Croydon at a young age moved to London from Ghana. She identified very quickly the difference living in the UK as a young black woman, and how others perceived people of the same background. Danielle used this experience to create a scheme to help those from a BAME background, by…