A Protest, A Celebration, A Mixed Message
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Synopsis
Celebration is protest at Leeds West Indian Carnival. A look at forms of authority, A Protest, A Celebration, A Mixed Message asks who is performing and who has power. Following Mama Dread’s, a troupe whose carnival theme is Caribbean immigration to the UK, we are asked to consider the visibility of black bodies, particularly in rural spaces.
A Protest, A Celebration, A Mixed Message screens as part of Inglan My Inglan: United Kingdom Shorts on Saturday, February 8 at 6:00 pm.
About the Director
Rhea Storr is an artist filmmaker born in Leeds UK. Through working between 16mm and digital, she makes work concerned with the way in which Black culture is represented. Screenings include: Hamburg International Short Film Festival, National Museum of African American History and Culture, US, Berwick Film And Media Arts Festival, Alternative Film and Video Festival, Serbia and European Media Art Festival.She is the winner of the inaugural Louis Le Prince Experimental Film Prize and won Best Artist Film at Aesthetica Short Film Festival 2019.
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