BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 PRODID:-//wp-events-plugin.com//7.4.5//EN TZID:Europe/London X-WR-TIMEZONE:Europe/London BEGIN:VEVENT UID:6583@artinliverpool.com DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20210924T110000 DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20210924T133000 DTSTAMP:20210910T125133Z URL:https://www.artinliverpool.com/events/fact-blackfest-festival-2021-ind ependent-film-screening/ SUMMARY:FACT: FACT: BlackFest Festival 2021- Independent Film Screening DESCRIPTION:BlackFest 2021Film presents: Screenings of 'Same But Different' by Anniwaa Buachie and 'In Search of a White Identity by Cliffordkuju Hen ry\n\nBOOK HERE (£11.37)\n\nIn Search of a White Identity\n\nBy Cliffordk uju Henry\n\nDirected by Victoria Evaristo\n\nIn Search of a White Identit y interrogates race\, class and masculinity. Patrick and Mickey grew up to gether\, but now find themselves on opposing sides. Detained in the same p olice cell having been arrested at the same protest\, two men are forced t o face the complexity of their upbringing.\n\nThis powerful new production addresses urgent and timely issues as Patrick and Mickey try to learn to understand each other. Directed by Victoria Evaristo (WMV\, WOW Festival S outhbank\; Extract\, Soho Theatre)\, In Search of a White Identity introdu ces writer-performer Cliffordkuju Henry (Top Boy\; Dizzee Rascal’s Money Right) as Patrick and Drew Edwards (The Trial of Christine Keeler\; Suffr agette) as Mickey.\n\nOriginally part of The Actors Centre's Working Class Season curated by Actor Awareness in 2019\, the piece has been re-envisio ned in the light of 2020\, and casts a prophetic eye over the urgent matte rs of today.\n\nDirector Victoria Evaristo\n\nCinematographer Dann Emmons\ n\nEditor Nicholas Paton\n\nWriter Cliffordkuju Henry\n\nProducer Toad in the Hole Theatre company in association with The Actors Centre\n\nPatrick Cliffordkuju Henry\n\nMickey Drew Edwards\n\n- -\n\nEquality is for everyo ne. However\, black and brown voices will say experiences of class and rac e are different\, and acknowledge they intersect very intimately.\n\nThe s creening will be followed by debate\, discussion and dialogue\, and - part icularly in Liverpool - this could not be a more needed\, timely and impor tant conversation to have\, where there is a melting pot of economic disad vantage and deprivation.\n\nEarlier in the year the government announced i ts white working class under achievement report\, leading to what MPS clai med will be ‘a proper targeted approach to reverse the outcomes of a lon g forgotten disadvantaged group’.\n\nHalima Begum\, Director of the Race Equality thinktank\, The Runnymede Trust\, wrote a full article on how wh ite working class were being pitted against ethnic minority groups.\n\n“ Keep telling the white working class that they’re the victims of inequal ity\, but fail to rectify the underlying structural problems\, and frustra tion will legitimately spread. It’s time for this government to move bey ond the rhetoric of levelling up\, to invest in education\, towns and new industries across the entire UK. Only then can the multi-ethnic working cl ass even begin to believe Liz Truss’s claim that “equality is for ever yone” wrote in The Guardian.\n\n________________________________________ ________________________________________________________\n\nTITLE: Same Bu t Different\n\nDURATION: 13 Mins\n\nGENRE: Documentary\n\nTHEMES: Gender\, Colourism\, Identity\, Misogyny\, Racism\, Beauty\, Colonialism\n\nSUMMAR Y: There are many nuances to the black identity but only a few come to lig ht. This has been shaped by the entertainment industry\, the media. Hollyw ood has filtered our perception of what a black woman looks like\, what sh e thinks\, and feels. For some women\, this has opened the gateway into a community that may have been distant and unattainable\, but for others\, t his has muted their stories and created a new narrative that is rendering their perspectives\, to the point of extinction. This film documents a con versation between a mixed-race woman and an African-Black woman\, explorin g and highlighting their similarities and differences. Ultimately there ca nnot be a change for or within the black community until we acknowledge AL L of those who feel invisible and marginalised\, only then can change happ en inside and out.\n\nTRAILER: https://drive.google.com/file/d/1_PlWCWUwQO hzfvsDAkgKPXP0MBBf7q_-/view?usp=sharing\n\nFILMMAKER: A multi-hyphenate\, Anniwaa Buachie is a Ghanaian-British award-winning actress\, filmmaker\, and writer working globally\, who trained at the British method acting sch ool\, East 15. She portrayed "Eka" on the TV series Survivor's Remorse on STARZ\, opposite the renowned Tichina Arnold\, Teyonah Parris\, and Erica Ash. Anniwaa is also known for her role in the British feature film Aux\, starring alongside John Rhys-Davies and appeared in the long-running BBC s eries Holby City. A recipient of the Alan Bates Award and New York Interna tional Film Festival Award\, her roots stem from the UK theatre scene\, wh ere she was artistic director and founder of Golden Delilah\, an innovativ e theatre company that curated new writing that promoted strong female rol es. She has worked extensively on stages in London and internationally\, p erforming at prominent venues such as The Public Theater\, The Old Vic\, Y oung Vic\, and the National Theatre of Ghana. As a storyteller\, her work explores the complicated relationship between Africa and Great Britain. Th is year\, she was commissioned by BAFTA-nominated British production compa ny Kandu Arts to write\, direct\, and produce short films. Meanwhile\, she has been in development with an Oscar-nominated production company for th e limited series she co-created\, Uproot.\n\nThe screening will be followe d by a post-show discussion on the themes of the film\, including: Gender\ , Colourism\, Identity\, Misogyny\, Racism\, Beauty\, Colonialism ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://www.artinliverpool.com/wp-content/upload s/2021/09/same-but-different-blackfest.jpg LOCATION:FACT\, 88 Wood Street\, Liverpool\, L1 4DQ\, Liverpool\, United Ki ngdom GEO:53.402564;-2.978127 X-APPLE-STRUCTURED-LOCATION;VALUE=URI;X-ADDRESS=88 Wood Street\, Liverpool\ , L1 4DQ\, Liverpool\, United Kingdom;X-APPLE-RADIUS=100;X-TITLE=FACT:geo: 53.402564,-2.978127 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VTIMEZONE TZID:Europe/London X-LIC-LOCATION:Europe/London BEGIN:DAYLIGHT DTSTART:20210328T020000 TZOFFSETFROM:+0000 TZOFFSETTO:+0100 TZNAME:BST END:DAYLIGHT END:VTIMEZONE END:VCALENDAR