BLACK FILM BRITISH CINEMA 2017
Provisional Programme
Day One – Goldsmiths, University of London Thursday 18th May 2017 | |
09:00 – 09:30 | Registration |
09:30 – 09:40 | Conference Welcome by Dr Clive James Nwonka, University of Greenwich |
09:40 – 10:40 | Opening Keynote Lecture Professor Sarita Malik, Brunel University Chair: Dr Clive James Nwonka, University of Greenwich |
10:40 – 11:00 | Tea/Coffee Break |
11:00 – 12:00 | Plenary Session I |
INSTITUTIONAL APPROACHES TO BLACK BRITISH FILM SUPPORT Chair: Dr Clive James Nwonka, University of Greenwich Chi Onwurah MP Labour Party Ruth Caleb OBE Film Producer Gill Henderson University of the Arts London Matimba Kabalika British Film Institute | |
12:00 – 13:15 | Parallel Session One |
PANEL ONE: DIVERSITY, EQUALITY AND EDUCATION BRITISH FILM AND CULTURAL POLICY Chair: Dr Alex Lichtenfels, University of Greenwich Melanie Hoyes British Film Institute Title: The Power of Data - The True Landscape of Diversity in British Film Dr Shelley Cobb & Dr Natalie Wreyford University of Southampton Title: Counting black women working in British film production Orson Nava University of East London Title: Eastern Promise? Race, innovation and exclusion in the Creative Industries regeneration of East London Kolton Lee & Dr. Rosemary Stott Ravensbourne Title: Towards a Model of Black Film Pedagogy | |
PANEL TWO: THE POLITICS OF RACE, ETHNICITY AND REPRESENTATION IN BRITISH FILM & TV Chair: Dr Anamik Saha, Goldsmiths, University of London Phillip Drummond New York University Title: Imperial Identities in Question: Amma Asante's 'Belle' and 'A United Kingdom' Maryam Jameela University of Sheffield Title: British Muslim Asians as Unassimilable Enemies in Britain Nicholas Glean University of Sunderland Title: Reimagining the Non-White Subject within the Visual and Narrative Landscape of the English Costume Drama Martin Tease Unviersity of East Anglia Title: What is the 'Black' British Film? | |
13:15 – 14:15 | Lunch Break |
14:15 – 15:30 | Parallel Session Two |
PANEL THREE: REMEMBERING BLACK FILM BRITISH CINEMA 1988 Chair: Professor Erik Knusden, University of Central Lancashire Prof Sylvia Harvey University of Leeds Edward George Goldsmiths University of London Professor Rod Stoneman National University of Ireland, Galway | |
PANEL FOUR: CONCEPTUALISING BLACK FILM Chair: Carey Robinson, Institute of Contemporary Arts Dr Richard T. Rodríguez University of California, Riverside Title: From Harlem to Mazatlán: Transnational Desires in the Work of Isaac Julien Dr Dhanveer Singh Brar University College London Title: Eddie George's Fugitive Saturation Francesca Sobande University of Dundee Title: Beyond Black: The Diasporic Dynamics of Black Women's Media Usage Dr Ope Lori TrAIN Univeristy of the Arts London Title: Un-doing Narratives of Pleasure: Moving Beyond a Spectrum of Difference in Ope Lori's 'I Want Me Some Brown Sugar' | |
15:30 – 16:45 | Parallel Session Three |
PANEL FIVE: EXHIBITION, DISTRIBUTION AND CURATORSHIP Chair: Dr Maria Korolkova, University of Greenwich Ashley Clark Independent scholar Title: Digital Natives: Black Britishness and the digital diaspora Dr. Sophie Mayer Independent Scholar Title: An Invitation to Enchantment: Researching the Exhibition and Curation of Black British Cinema. Margaret Henry Independent Scholar Title: The Digital Renaissance of Blacks Britannica Dr Grazia Ingravalle University of St Andrews Title: Beyond Film Heritage: The BFI, Colonial Archival Films and (Post-) Colonial Imageries | |
PANEL SIX: RETHINKING JOHN AKOMFRAH Chair: Phillip Drummond, New York University Ashwani Sharma University of East London Title: The absence of ruins" - on archives, mourning and Black British film Dr James Harvey University of Greenwich Title: All That Is Solid Melts Into Air: Black Subjectivity and the Gallery Film Onyeka Igwe University of the Arts London Title: Essay Film as Decolonial Method Dr Alessandra Raengo Georgia State University Title: The cosmopolitan-contemplative in John Akomfrah's gallery practice | |
16:45 – 17:00 | Tea/Coffee Break |
17:00 – 18:00 | Closing Keynote Lecture Dr Kara Keeling, University of Southern California Chair: Dr Anamik Saha, Goldsmiths University of London |
18:00 – 18:05 | Day One Closing Remarks Dr Clive James Nwonka & Dr Anamik Saha |
18:05 – 20:00 | Wine Reception |
Day Two – Institute of Contemporary Arts
Friday 19th May 2017
10:30 – 10:55 | Registration | |
10:55 – 11:00 | Conference Welcome Dr Clive James Nwonka & Dr Anamik Saha | |
11:00 – 11:45 | JUNE GIVANNI IN CONVERSATION Chair: Dr Emma Sandon, Birkbeck, University of London | ICA Cinema 1 |
11:45 – 12:00 | Tea/Coffee Break | |
12:00 – 13:00 | UNDERSTANDING STEVE McQUEEN Dr Richard Martin King's College London Dr Clive James Nwonka University of Greenwich Ashley Clark Film Programmer/Curator Dr Ozlem Koksal University of Westminster | ICA Cinema 1 |
13:00 – 14:00 | Lunch Break | |
14:00 – 15:00 | CONTEMPORARY APPROACHES TO RACE IN FILM AND MOVING IMAGES Chair: Dr Clive James Nwonka, University of Greenwich David Blandy & Larry Achiampong Royal College of Art/Filmmakers, Finding Fanon Cassie Quarless & Usayd Younis Filmmakers, Generation Revolution | ICA Theatre |
15:00 – 16:30 | PANEL DISCUSSION: MOVING IMAGES CIRCUMVENTING WESTERN NARRATIVES OF BLACKNESS AND DIVERSITY Chair: Corinna Antrobus, Founder, Bechdel Test Fest Indy Selvarajah Founder, 8andrising Niamh Haynes London School of Economics Bidisha Writer and Broadcaster Raine Allen Miller Film Director | ICA Theatre |
16:30 – 16:45 | CLOSING REMARKS: Dr Clive James Nwonka & Dr Anamik Saha | ICA Theatre |
18:00 – 20:00 | BLACK BRITISH SHORTS: FILM SCREENING Curated by Sorryyoufeeluncomfortable | ICA Theatre |