Tag: black
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Aliens have been all the rage lately, and Kolaja is adding to the buzz. Set for production in September, Kolaja is a Black British Sci-Fi Adventure film telling Joseph and Rehe’s story. Joseph is a regular teenager who feels like an “alien” at home. One day, a young humanoid alien, Rehe, crash-lands in his backyard, changing Joseph’s…
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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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![Jordan Blake’s [@jordanblake10] work is a perpetual reminder of the beauty in blackness](https://guap.co/wp-content/uploads/2023/03/IMG_9079-1140x850.jpg)
Jordan Blake has gained a reputation for his ability to centralise and celebrate the black body. With a following of over 130k on TikTok, Blake has managed to steal the attention of many as he focuses on black men and women. Blake, a NY photographer and model began gaining traction online as he posted his self-portraits.…
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The UK black girl aesthetic, clean girl, ghoul girl, it girl, and black luxury – to name a few. Platforms like Tiktok and Instagram have ushered in a wave of aesthetics, and it’s hard to keep up. From 2020 to mid-2022, the clean girl aesthetic dominated the algorithm with images of clear skin, slicked-back ponytails,…
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![POWER UP [@TimeToPowerUp_] is back for its second year of empowering Black music creators and industry professionals](https://guap.co/wp-content/uploads/2022/02/pexels-luis-quintero-2833037-scaled-1.jpeg)
Following on for their strong first year POWER UP have announced the deadline for applications for their second year. Starting in 2021 aiming to break down barriers for Black music creators and industry professionals POWER UP is back again for its 2022 programme. POWER UP invites 20 Black music creators (artists, songwriters, composers and producers who are…
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Black music is championed at festivals but it is rare that those same festivals are led or owned by Black people. Yam Carnival took place over the August Bank Holiday weekend and it didn’t hit the mark in the way people, especially Black people wanted it to. There was a real excitement for the festival…
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![The UK Is Not Innocent: The Reality of Racism in the UK (Part 3) [@IbrahimKamara_] & More](https://guap.co/wp-content/uploads/2020/08/RYO_2139-180x180.jpg)
We Hear From Black British Young People On Their Experience with Police in the UK In this three-part series entitled ‘The UK Is Not Innocent,’ we sit down with six individuals to listen to their stories of Police Brutality within the UK. In the first episode, we have two Stories of Police Brutality from Co-Founder…
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We Hear From Black British Young People On Their Experience with Police in the UK In this three-part series entitled ‘The UK Is Not Innocent,’ we sit down with six individuals to listen to their stories of Police Brutality within the UK. In the first episode, we have two Stories of Police Brutality from Co-Founder…
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We Hear From Black British Young People On Their Experience with Police in the UK In this three part series entitled ‘The UK Is Not Innocent’ we sit down with six individuals to listen to their stories of Police Brutality within the UK. In the first Episode we have two Stories of Police Brutality from…
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![Film & TV: Documentaries To Watch This Week on [@Netflix]](https://guap.co/wp-content/uploads/2020/06/thedeathandlifeofmarshapjohnson_photo_02-180x180.jpg)
Check Out What’s New on Netflix To Watch On The Black American Experience 1. The Death and Life of Marsha P. Johnson As she fights the tide of trans women, activist Victoria Cruz probes the suspicious 1992 death of her friend Marsha P. Johnson. 2. Who Killed Malcolm X? Activist Abdur-Rahman Muhammad begins his own…