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Spotlighting conversations happening this week featuring Black Film Bulletin co-founder Dr June Givanni, founder of June Givanni Pan African Cinema Archive. For booking links, head over to the @junegivanni pages on instagram and Facebook!
WEBINAR: See our final webinar celebrating Ghanian filmmaker Kwate Nii Owoo's film You Hide Me, a film about the restitution of African art from the British Museum. Over 5 webinars, we opened a discussion on the restitution of African Art in light of You Hide Me's 50-year anniversary, speaking with fellow curators, filmmakers, and artists.
It is taking place Tuesday 24th November. See the link in our bio to sign up!
/e/you-hide-me-50-years-on-webinar-series-actions-going-forward-tickets-128839854473
Something JGPACA has also been involved in!
Reposted from @jana.sante
_______________________ Kudos to @WeAreParable for curating this. 'Black Film Collectives: Then And Now' - a physical exhibition at Swiss Cottage Gallery with featured elements from June Givanni Pan African Cinema Archive. Honoured to have contributed. Gutted that #Lockdown #2 meant I never even got to see it live...
BLACK FILM COLLECTIVES: THEN & NOW
Curated by @anthony_n_andrews of #WeAreParable in partnership with #LUXmovingimage, #BFI and @JuneGivanni Pan African Cinema Archive.
NOW AVAILABLE: Free tickets to our new webinar. You Hide Me: 50 Years On - Webinar Series ACTIONS GOING FORWARD
This is a round-up event to draw together outcomes from recent You Hide Me webinars by the June Givanni Pan African Cinema Archive and partners.
Read more via the link in our bio!
/e/you-hide-me-50-years-on-webinar-series-actions-going-forward-tickets-128839854473
Something that JGPACA was involved in recently! Reposted from @weareparable
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It’s been a mad month, so much so, that we haven’t had time to tell you that Anthony curated an exhibition @swisscottagelibrary that explored the work of Black Film Collectives in association with @love.camden@thinkcinematic@luxmovingimage@junegivanni and BFI Archives!
For obvious reasons, you cant see it in person anymore (🤦🏾♂️🤦🏾♀️) but there will be a virtual tour on Camden’s site in the next few days, as well as online conversations with cultural commentators @jana.sante and @melhoyes
Link in bio for more...
REPOST FROM @simonebrewster_london who spoke with was on our recent webinar! Thank you for joining us Simone
--------------------------------------------------- Yesterday I took part in a panel discussion for @theafricacentre and the June Givanni Film Archive to celebrate the 50 Year Anniversary of the film "You Hide Me". The documentary film by Ghanaian filmmaker, Kwate Nii Owoo is a dramatisation of a visit to the British Museum by two Africans who discover rooms full of boxes containing African art from all over the continent, hidden in the basement. These artifacts were stolen during the capturing of people in Africa for the transatlantic slave trade. The film acts as an exposé of the policies of European colonial regimes which, in establishing their rule, attempted to wipe out all traces of African civilisation, religion, language, and art. It argues that materials collected in Africa and often hidden in the basements of European museums have been used against Africans as well as black people in the Caribbean, Europe, and the USA, making them look down on a rich cultural heritage.
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We explored the questions, that with so many artifacts of cultural, spiritual and tribal significance still being held outside of Africa, what actions can be taken for their rightful return.
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Power Figure (Nkisi N’kondi)
19th–early 20th century
Wood, iron, cloth, mirror, leopard tooth, fiber, and porcelain
18 × 8 × 3 1/2 in. (45.7 × 20.3 × 8.9 cm)
1933
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Reposted from @simonebrewster_london
Our penultimate webinar is on
29 October 2020, 4:30pm -- Restitution: Africans involvement in deciding the future of part of their heritage and the role The Africa Centre can play in that process?
Register for free at:
/e/you-hide-me-50-years-on-tickets-121975898195?aff=ebdssbonlinesearch
YOU HIDE ME can be streamed on Vimeo, via the link in our bio. In 1970 Ghanaian filmmaker Nii Kwate Owoo gained access to the British Museum to make this short film about the valuable African artefacts held there and make his case for their restitution. 2020 is 50 years since that film was made.
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#niikwateowoo #junegivanni #britishmuseum #africanfilm #filmhistory #colonialism
Our next webinar is on Tue 20 October, 15:00 – 17:00 BST! JGPACA is celebrating the 50th anniversary of Ghanaian filmmaker Kwate Nii Owoo's film YOU HIDE ME, and its prevailing argument for the restitution of African Art. Chaired by Jihan El-Tahari, the panel with feature Didi Cheeka, Onyeka Igwe, Onyekachi Wambu, and Nii Kwate Owoo. You can find out more about the talk and sign up for free via Eventbrite at the link in our bio.
