When Göran Hugo Olsson accidentally stumbled upon footage of the Black Power movement whilst browsing the Swedish Television archives, he knew that he wanted to share it with the world. The result is Black Power Mixtape, a compilation feature documentary which might have been an exotic topic for its creator,…
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British dance company ZooNation has one goal: to the change the misconceptions and negative stereotypes associated with hip-hop culture. It’s a tricky mission, I’m sure you’ll agree; especially when US rappers like Lil’ Wayne and Eminem spout about drugs, violence and misogyny, climbing up the charts in the process. What’s…
“Resonating…” This is the first word that springs to mind after seeing Andrew Haigh’s award-winning film Weekend. An instant sell-out at this month’s London Film Festival and a seemingly modernised version of 1996’s Beautiful Thing, Weekend is an honest and naturalistic observation of yet another story about attraction. Described as…
Tired of the same old snail porridge or Mock Turtle soup? Are you thinking Heston’s dry ice tactics are beginning to resemble a bad Jean Michel Jarre show? Well perhaps you need to get where the new food vibe is and head to the Experimental Food Society Spectacular on October…
There are many things to love about the BFI London Film Festival, but perhaps its most laudable merit is that, at its heart, it is a celebration of the wonderful world of cinema for all devoted film lovers, rather than a showcase of promising titles for film distributors. It is…
The Barbican Art Gallery has opened its doors to reveal an architectural exhibition like no other. Displaying the work of the Office for Metropolitan Architecture – otherwise known as OMA – this exhibition holds some of the most intriguing architectural titbits from collections and archives across the globe. The inventive exhibition…