I travelled to Jamaica with historian Cecil Gutzemore. Whilst in St Thomas at the grave site of Bogle, I met an elder woman who walked with a limp. Meeting her was one of those ‘chance’ moments that transform your life… Pictured: The late Philip Bogle –...
I was happy as a lark. I’d reached the mainstream – life was good! I didn’t realise the stir I was causing in this exclusive white world… I had a screening at the Filmmaker’s Co-op back in ’77 of Step Forward Youth which was attended...
We carry a lot of psychological baggage from childhood that many of us don’t even know we are carrying and this plays out in our relationships When embarking on my documentary feature film LOOKING FOR LOVE, I was struck by the absence of documentary films on the...
We lived in the shadows of Enoch Powell’s speech predicting black immigration would lead to conflict and ‘blood on our streets’ Step Forward Youth was my very first film back in 1977. I was in my early twenties just out of film school with my partner in...
The work of artist Ken McCalla resonates beyond time, portraying strong spiritual, philosophical and African centred themes. His versatility as an artist working in fine art, sculpture and print for over three decades set him apart. The Hand of Ken came completely out...