The Guide points to the information that you need to know to determine whether you have screened your films successfully, attracted intended audiences, and made a difference to the people that attend as well as your wider community and economy.
This guide takes you through several planning stages. At each stage there are signposts to further information to watch or read. It shows you how to bring everything together to make an actionable plan that will help you attract the widest possible audience in imaginative and energetic ways. It will help you identify potential audiences … More
Black folks and people of color are out making culture, like we always have been since times immemorial. But white supremacist patriarchal capitalism has upgraded itself and once again our cultural production is capitalised on, while our bodies, well-being and communities are still expendable.
This booklet offers simple guidance on how local individuals, charities and groups in the UK can help welcome refugees into our communities. It explains some of the issues surrounding the process with materials and input from groups around the country.
People across the country have been getting in touch with us to ask how they can help refugees feel part of their community. Elaine Connelly, Interim Communities Manager at Scottish Refugee Council and Ahlam Souidi Chair of the community group Uniting Nations in Scotland, give some suggestions on how you can welcome refugees.
The difference between teaching and critical pedagogy is vital to Handel Kashope Wright: ‘Critical pedagogy brings to the floor issues of social identity’ revealing where power resides and inequalities are preserved. ‘Multiculturalism’, ‘anti-racism’… terms often used without their cultural and historical meaning. Listen to Handel talk about how different politics, peoples, places intersect…
The UK has dropped down a global scale of gender equality to 26th place. Where is the government going wrong – and how can we fix politics, pay and promotions?
Ashleigh Hibbins and Maya Sharma share their recent learning around disabled access, audiences, artists and art.
Ethnic minorities and LGBT community continue suffer at the hands of ‘inclusion crisis’; meanwhile only 3% of film directors are women, with a third of female characters shown with ‘partial or full nudity’.
Just under a third of people in Britain are excluded from mainstream society because they cannot afford to join in cultural activities such as going to the cinema, taking a holiday or buying consumer goods.
