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Lubaina Himid, ‘Invisible Narratives’ – talks to acv about the colour of memory, past and present (video interview and full piece to follow…)

Turner Prize winner talks to us about new work and curating exhibition in Cornwall… LUBAINA HIMID is one of the…

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UK Asian Film Festival 2019: Pictures, gallery from Closing Gala

Our pictures from the closing gala event at the British Academy of Film & Television Academy (BAFTA, Piccadilly) Put cursor…

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‘Pinky Memsaab’ (interview): Director Shazia Khan on the expat life, friendship boundaries and transformations

*First-time filmmaker looks at life in the UAE through the lens of two very different women… DUBAI is something of…

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UK Asian Film Festival 2019: ‘Evening Shadows’ (review) – Parents take centre stage in coming out drama…

Confronting prejudice in conservative environments… LOVE is such a precious gift that we should never lose it lightly – whether…

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‘Raghu Rai – An unframed portrait’: Master and daughter snap about the art of taking pictures…

Iconic photographer has lens turned on him in revealing portrait… RAGHU RAI is one of the world’s best known-photographers –…

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UK Asian Film Festival 2019: Struggle not submission – Southall Black Sisters 40 years and drawing the dots between then and now…

🎥 Founder of Southall Black Sisters (SBS) said she is more scared now than during the 1980s when Margaret Thatcher…

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UK Asian Film Festival 2019: ‘Ek Asha’ (review) – transgender as it is…

Film challenges conventions on both sides… IT IS NOT very often we get to see or hear from people mostly…

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World Music concert to ‘mark’ Brexit and promote global friendship (Aprils Fool!)

See the date – April fools! Thanks for reading! EXCLUSIVE: Renowned global Asian artists set to play special event once…

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UK Asian Film Festival 2019: ‘Ek Aasha’ – director of transgender film, Mayur Katariya, says film is clarion call for change…

ACV hosting special pre-screening reception for film championing equality… By Sailesh Ram IT WILL BE A WORLD Premiere for the…

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BFI Flare 2019: ‘Vision Portraits’ – lack of sight no impediment to visual creativity… and ‘Home Girl’

Rodney Evan’s tender documentary on how sight loss doesn’t stop you being a creative – and also news of ‘Home…

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