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Tag: BFI

Julian Henriques’ Babymother: A Black feminist triumph of a film

15th September 202115th September 2021  Emma Korantema Hanson

Emma Hanson reviews Julian Henriques’ 1998 musical film, Babymother, and considers the reality of single Black motherhood against its often prejudiced on- and off-screen representation.

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Posted in Arts, Film and Media, MusicTagged: Anjela Lauren Smith, Babymother, bashment, BFI, Black Motherhood, black women, Caroline Chikezie, dancehall, Don Warrington, drum n' bass, Emma Hanson, Film, Julian Henriques, Motherhood, musical, Parminder Vir, ragga, reggae, Superflex, Tameka Empson, Wil Johnson

‘I dream of impossible objects’: Peter Wollen’s Friendship’s Death and the rise of the female android

6th July 20217th July 2021  Hannah Hutchings-Georgiou

In this short essay, Hannah Hutchings-Georgiou considers the politics of automata and gender in Peter Wollen’s re-released film, Friendship’s Death.

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Posted in Arts, Film and MediaTagged: Alex Garland, BFI, Bill Paterson, British Film Institute, DVD, Ex Machina, Film, Friendship's Death, Laura Mulvey, Palestine, Peter Wollen, robots, Sci-fi, Speculative literature, Spike Jonze, Tilda Swinton
  • Magic by Moonlight: Kirsten Glass’ Night-Scented Stock at Karsten Schubert, London
    By Hannah Hutchings-Georgiou
  • Picturing Loss: On Francesca Woodman by Lisa Goodrum
    By Lisa Goodrum
  • Beyond the Confines of Nell Brookfield’s Canvas
    By Rachel Ashenden
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