Talks and speaking events
Upcoming
Women of the L.A. Rebellion Shorts Programme @ The Garden Cinema - panelist for the Trailblazers part 2 series, discussing the 1970s movement alongside Rogan Graham, Dr Guilia Rho and Dr Laura Staab - Dec 1 2024
Shari Petti: Carnival as an Archive @ South London Gallery - chairing a panel on the Trinidadian filmmaker’s new series of shorts on Masquerade. In-conversation with Petti and June Givanni (of June Givanni’s Pan African Cinema Archive) - Oct 19 2024
Past
Carnival Symosium Screening in-conversation with Rochelle Rashida White @ Art’otel - discussing contemporary Carnival film and the differences in technique, subject matter, depth and accessibility between those made in the UK and Eastern Caribbean, alongside the importance of Black community archives - Sep 21 2024
Heritage and Tradition, A Pre-Carnival Talk @ London LGBTQ+ Centre - a talk on the Carnival arts and tradition, as well as the cruciality of third spaces for upholding the tradition’s arts and overall Black cultural production - Aug 24 2024
Seed Archives x Explores Club Studio: Dey Play, with Myah Jeffers and Iggy London @ Moko Tottenham - chairing a panel on the state of contemporary Black short film in London and the wider UK - July 17 2024
The Last Word FM, with Aniefiok Ekpoudom live @ The Roundhouse - an in-conversation between myself and the journalist/author about his new book ‘Where We Come From: Rap, Home & Hope in Modern Britain’ as a part of the Roundhouse’s The Last Word Festival. Infront of a live audience at the Roundhouse and broadcasted on radio. - June 14 2024