Sing Your Song

Bolivar Hall, 54 Grafton Way, London
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This event ended on Sunday 8th of December 2013
Admission
£10, Concessions £8, annual members £6/£4 (sorry no credit cards)
Location

Bolivar Hall, 54 Grafton Way, London

Nearest Tube/Rail Stations
Warren Street 0.07 miles

Director Susanne Rostock, USA 2011 [12A], 103 mins
Wonderfully archived, and told with a remarkable sense of intimacy, visual style, and musical panache, Susanne Rostock’s inspiring biographical documentary, SING YOUR SONG, surveys the life and times of singer/actor/activist Harry Belafonte. From his rise to fame as a singer, inspired by Paul Robeson, and his experiences touring a segregated country, to his provocative crossover into Hollywood, Belafonte’s groundbreaking career personifies the American civil rights movement and affected many other social justice movements. Rostock reveals Belafonte as a tenacious hands-on activist, who worked intimately with Dr Martin Luther King Jr., mobilized celebrities for social justice, participated in the struggle against apartheid in South Africa, and took action to counter gang violence, prisons, and the incarceration of youth.
Winner Vancouver International Festival 2011, Best Documentary NAMIC Vision Award 2012

Land and Freedom (Short documentary)
Director Uzma Hussain, UK 2012 [E], 14.36 min
Egham eco-village activists live on woodland left dormant by developers. Ash trees become sustainable structures, wattle and daub techniques replace industrial models; solar power generates light sources and recharges laptops; food comes from organic vegetables and a permaculture garden. This is modern living ‘off the grid’ and demonstrated in the workshops they run, against the background of a court injunction, eviction notices and police visits.

Discussion led by Jacqui Mckenzie, Caribbean Labour Solidarity, and Simon Moore, Egham Eco-Villager.

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