Name: 'Black for a Cause' - Documentary Screening
Start: 2018-01-31T18:30:00Z
End: 2018-01-31T20:00:00Z
Location: The Stripe Lecture Room, The University of Winchester

'Black for a Cause' - Documentary Screening 

Stephen Thompson is a writer and filmmaker, born in Hackney to Jamaican parents. He has written a variety of novels and plays and has worked as a journalist for The Voice, Observer, Scotland on Sunday and The Idler, among others. He teaches both undergraduate and postgraduate students on creative writing degree courses at the University of Winchester.

Stephen Thompson

Black for a Cause documents one man’s forty year fight to clear his name following a miscarriage of justice. The story follows Black Power Activist Winston Trew, who served a two year prison sentence after being falsely convicted of theft, robbery and assault on police officers. Find a trailer for the film here. <A HREF="https://filmfreeway.com/BlackForACause" TARGET="_blank" DATA-MSYS-CLICKTRACK="0" REL="nofollow noopener noreferrer">https://filmfreeway.com/BlackForACause</A>

The short film will be screened at the University of Winchester on January 31 2018. Following the screening, Kass Boucher, Lecturer in Creative Writing, will host a Q&A with the director Stephen Thompson and the subject of the documentary, Winston Trew.
Black for a Cause has already been making waves in the independent and short film industry, with the documentary being selected for screening at two film festivals. It was shown at the Winchester Short Film Festival, where it also picked up a nomination for the Hampshire Prize, which recognises directors who live, study or work in Hampshire. It was also shown at the independent and alternative cinema event Mirror Mountain Film Festival in Ottawa, Canada, where it was described as ‘engrossing’.

The Stripe Lecture Room, The University of Winchester

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