Representation

Race, Gender, Class in the Media

‘Mainstream media wield an enormous power in shaping perceptions of race, ethnicity, gender and class. The job of the media theorist is exposing and questioning the ideology that lies behind such representations. This idea was first explored by the Jamaican-born cultural theorist Stuart hall, who studied and worked in the UK at a time when diversity was not perceived yet a an enriching factor for society.’ Eavi.eu

Watch - Stuart Hall Project - John Akomfrah on BFI Player / Amazon
Stuart Hall DVD - BFI
Stuart Hall - Wiki
Palestinian-American literary historian Edward Said showed how the West had the power to represent the colonial 'other' - while simultaneously leaving them s...
According to American linguist and political activist, Noam Chomsky, media operate through 5 filters: ownership, advertising, the media elite, flak and the c...

Representation in Documentary Film 

As well as discussing the films above and ideas they raised, we also looked at some of John Akomfrah's work including Handsworth Songs , Black Audio Film Collective and Vertigo Sea

Watching: John Akomfrah – Why History Matters | TateShots

John Akomfrah talks about his practice as a filmmaker, how he navigates between the gallery and cinema, what compelled him to make his 2015 work Vertigo Sea,...

We also watched - Pogus Ceaser - Handsworth BBC feature - discussing his Photography of Handsworth riots - 1985

This first broadcast on UK's regional television - BBC1 West Midlands. Programme (Program) -- Inside Out. Aired 25 Oct 2010....

We discussed this work in context with recent Black Lives Matter movement(s).

Please see Black Lives Matter page on Poool for more details. Also see this thread on Films to Watch page. We briefly looked at Farhath’s films for BLM WsM and Ayo’s photo/ video document from Bristol.

You might also want to watch Vanley Burke Guest Lecture from summer

BLACK LIVES MATTER

Documentary Film Screenings - Steve McQueen

Lovers Rock - episode 2 - Small Axe
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Uprising (Fire) - Documentary

Both on BBC iplayer - Black History Month - October 2022

Discuss approaches to Documentary and the film. Compare

More Info:
SMALL AXE: http://poool.co.uk/films-to-watch-blog-list/2020/11/16/small-axe-2020-steve-mcqueen
UPRISING: http://poool.co.uk/films-to-watch-blog-list/2021/10/7/uprising