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What I learned writing an LGBT film
Posted: 14/02/19 09:55 |
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LGBT History Month is all about promoting equality, diversity and education. If you are writing or making a film with an LGBT theme, there is a responsibility on the artist to be truthful when dealing with topics that – for many – are delicate, if not life changing.
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Art, activism & ending violence against women
Posted: 22/11/18 09:05 |
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The 25 November marks International Day for the Elimination of Violence against Women and the first day in the United Nations campaign UNiTE, launching sixteen days of activism against gender-based violence that culminates on 10 December – International Human Rights Day.
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October was Black History Month…
Posted: 31/10/18 02:20 |
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…and as part of this we asked OCA programme leaders to share some important practitioners to point students towards and remember artists and events in the history of the African diaspora. This is list is just the beginning of a longer one we hope, please add to it in the comments below.
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Less of the ‘same’, more of the BAME
Posted: 31/10/18 09:26 |
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The UK publishing industry has not moved fast enough to reflect our current society. And when you’re talking about children’s fiction, it’s particularly white.
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Black History Month: a white writer’s point of view
Posted: 15/10/18 09:44 |
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October is Black History Month and I am not black. And as far as I know, the OCA has no black Creative Writing Tutors. So how do we write about Black History Month?
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Julius Eastman (1940-1990)
Posted: 10/10/18 09:07 |
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Neglected Visionary, American Provocateur. Written for Black History Month 2018
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