Burning an Illusion: Story Behind the Film
Pictured: Menelik at Burning an Illusion photoshoot Burning an Illusion was written in 1980 and is a meeting ground for romantic love and politics. The main character Pat is seeking love against the backdrop of racism in Margret Thatcher’s Britain. It was a volatile...
Catch A Fire: Story Behind the Film
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 –...
Breaking Point: Story Behind the Film
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...
