Our next meeting will be Wednesday 10th March at 5:30-7PM. Please join us! Even if you haven't before or for a while. You are always welcome.
We have chosen to watch and discuss 3 films featuring POC protagonists, and deal with Racism and civil rights.
We ask you to watch one of the three to discuss at our next meeting Wednesday 10th March at 5:30-7PM. Feel free to watch all of course!
The United States vx. Billie Holiday - Watch trailer here [Guardian review here] Watch on Hulu here.
In The United States vs. Billie Holiday, now streaming on Hulu, singer Andra Day plays the iconic jazz and swing singer whose early-career song "Strange Fruit" lit a fire under the world.The film chronicles Holiday's battle with the Federal Bureau of Narcotics, who tried to keep her from singing the song in public in order to keep its subject matter, the lynching of Black Americans, out of the public's ears.Ma Rainey's Black Bottom - Watch trailer here
Tensions and temperatures rise at a Chicago music studio in 1927 when fiery, fearless blues singer Ma Rainey joins her band for a recording session. Watch on NETFLIXOne Night in Miami - Watch trailer here
One Night in Miami is a fictional account of one incredible night where icons Muhammad Ali, Malcome X, Sam Cooke andJim Brown gathered discussing their roles in the civil rights movement and cultural upheaval of the 60s. Available on Amazon Prime.
We have collectively decided to discuss the book, The Color Purple by Alice Walker on Wednesday 24th March now. Let me know if you need any financial assistance in purchasing this book. Hopefully folk can read it in time.
Woodlands Community is inviting you to a scheduled Zoom meeting.
Topic: Anti-Racism Community Reflection
Time: Mar 10, 2021 05:30 PM London
Join Zoom Meeting by clicking on this link
Meeting ID: 859 1500 8333
Passcode: 976111
Any questions, thoughts, recommending reading/listening/viewing for our group please email
eo@woodlandscommunity.org.uk
We hope to see you there. Always feel free to come along even if you haven't engaged with our chosen materials as it can still be a great experience to hear people talk about what they've learned.