Sinners Movie Breakdown Part 1 of 4
Scene by scene analysis of the real Black history in this block-buster film: World War 1, Jim Crow, African Spirituality, music, racism
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Location
Fulham Palace
Bishop's Avenue London SW6 6EA United KingdomAbout this event
- Event lasts 2 hours
Sinners Movie Breakdown Part 1/4
We will go through the movie scene by scene separating fact from fiction and detailing the various metaphors in this densely layered film apparently about vampires but saying much, much, more: We will cover:
- Redlining
- Black economic empowerment 1920s-2025
- Animal symbolism, colours and African Spiritual practices
- Black love on screen
- Royalties, James Brown, What a Bam Bam
- The Black guy in the horror movie
- Hollywoods opposition to positive Black imagery
- Real Black soldiers of World War 1 in Cardiff and Liverpool
- The Klu Klux Klan in Notting Hill
- Suppression of Black films by piracy and distribution
- 17,000 people versus 88% white executives @BFI, African Odysseys
- Cinemas and systemic racism in action London and overseas
The BFI Southbank despite 17,000 signatures to keep the 17-year-old African Odysseys, educational, anti-racist film series going, has cancelled the programme due to 'restructuring' without doing a legally required Race Equality Impact Assessment.
For more information and to support African Odysseys click HERE
About the Speaker for Sinners Movie Breakdown : Dr Michelle Asantewa,
Dr Michelle Yaa Asantewa was born in Guyana. At age 10, she migrated to the UK to reunite with her mother. Her interest in African traditional spiritual practices and cultural identity prompted her to do a PhD on the Guyanese Komfa ritual.
She formerly lectured in English Literature, Editing and Creative Writing at London Metropolitan University and currently facilitates a range of writing workshops as an independent scholar. She is also co-tutor on The Amazing James Baldwin course and the African Women Resistance leaders: Political and Spiritual course. She co-founded Way Wive Wordz Publishing, Editing and Tuition services through which she has published her first novel, Elijah and The Awakening and Other Poems and the more recent titles – her PhD Thesis, Guyanese Komfa: the ritual art of trance, Mama Lou Tales: a folkloric biography of a Guyanese elder and Something Buried in the Yard (an extracted novella from her PhD) were launched in July 2016. She writes a regular blog – Way Wive Wordz .