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Books
Black Lives Matter: Looking between the lines – love, culture and art across South Asian and Black communities
Why don’t we see more Black and Asian couples in books and films? How should South Asian communities respond to…
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ACV Lockdown Listings : ‘Dots’ – World premiere lockdown film supported by UKAFF; Anurag Kashyap LIFFathome interview; ‘Made In India’ play; Anti-racism ‘We R not Virus’ performances; Nitin Ganatra in Tara Tales, ‘The Panchatantra’
Film festivals are finding new ways to deliver content to eager audiences and East Asian Brits take on racism…* Films/Filmmakers…
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‘Coronation Street’ domestic violence story grips nation and actor at the centre of it, Shelley King, talks about the power of Yasmeen’s story…
One of the country’s best-loved soaps has tackled the issue of domestic violence head-on over a storyline that has been…
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Bafta nominees: Romesh Ranganathan, Guz Khan, Aneil Karia, Shaheen Baig, Joanna Eatwell for ‘Beecham House’; news also on new Bafta chair Krishnendu Majumdar – first person of colour in Bafta’s 73 years…
The TV gongs are up for grabs… ROMESH RANGANATHAN has bagged nominations for two Baftas, it was announced earlier this…
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ACV Lockdown Listings – curtain raisers for JLF at the British Library, ‘The Forgotten Kingdoms of India’; Anurag Kashyap’s ‘Choked’; Great British Black and Other experiences in ‘The Uncertain Kingdom’; and Tan France…
This is the time to delve far and wide, and explore new worlds… Literature It was one of the highlights…
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Festivals
Cannes 2020: The Official Selections – Steve McQueen and interesting British choices, while India draws a blank despite more recent success…
While the May film festival was scrapped, these films will all be able to carry the Cannes insignia… IT WASN’T…
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Festivals
Cannes 2020: Steve McQueen dedicates selections to George Floyd and Black Lives Matter
Just over an hour ago it was announced… BRITISH black director Steve McQueen has dedicated two of his films given…
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Film
Bollywood asianculturevulture vibes – It’s all going OTT and how Akshay Kumar shoot has got everyone talking…
While the lockdown continues in various forms across India, Mumbai has been marked as a hotspot as our correspondent tells…
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Festivals
‘Eeb Allay Ooo!’ – Not just about monkeying around; director tells acv why, ahead of global online premiere…
Film won huge plaudits in India and then again at the Berlinale and has been selected for the online We…
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Black, Asian and ethnically diverse theatre artistic directors and cultural leaders write open letter and call for diversity to be part of dialogue as government considers revival of sector…
Many of the country’s top theatre leaders have urged the government to listen as it looks at how the industry…
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