Black and Banned: Free Speech Punch Up

[vc_row][vc_column][vc_single_image image=”65502″ img_size=”full” add_caption=”yes”][vc_column_text]Is free speech a way to promote unheard and under-represented voices and perspectives, or is it a tool wielded by extremists and supremacists? Join activist, educator and filmmaker Toyin Agbetu, photographer and writer Courtney Hamilton, journalist Kiri Kankwhende, Buzzfeed News Editor Elizabeth Pears, activist and charity director Ethel Tambudzai, and filmmaker Dionne Walker as they present various positions in this lively discussion tackling taboos, censorship and some of the thorny, nuanced issues surrounding free speech, moderated by Kunle Olulode, director of Voice4Change. There will be a bar and the opportunity for all to join the discussion. Queensberry Rules apply![/vc_column_text][vc_column_text]In Partnership With[/vc_column_text][vc_row_inner][vc_column_inner width=”1/2″][vc_single_image image=”101939″ img_size=”full” onclick=”custom_link” link=”https://whatson.bfi.org.uk/Online/default.asp?BOparam::WScontent::loadArticle::permalink=freespeechpunchup&BOparam::WScontent::loadArticle::context_id=”][/vc_column_inner][vc_column_inner width=”1/2″][/vc_column_inner][/vc_row_inner][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]

When: Thursday 06 September 2018 19:00
Where: Blue Room, BFI Southbank, Belvedere Road, South Bank London SE1 8XT (Directions)
Tickets: Free. Registration required via BFI

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To 1 Aug: Road Block – Reflections on Bahrain (Partner Event)

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Bilad Alqadeem, 30.12.14 – protest calling for the release of Shaikh Ali Salman ©Sayed Baqer

The Road Bloc Collective are a group of artists and activists who explore how power inscribes itself in urban space through architecture and images.

As parts of Bahrain transform into territories of dissent, where roundabouts become ‘squares’ and spaces for political speech and action, graffiti is visible like never before and road blocks and marches are part of everyday life – the scenography and spectacle of revolution.

Featuring photography, sound works and installation, Road Block enacts the ongoing battle for space and claims for ‘the right to the city’, that provoke and challenge us to reconsider the relationship that we have to space and power.

 

When: 9 July  – 1 August, daily 10am to 11pm.
Where: Rich Mix, 35-47 Bethnal Green Rd, London, E1 6LA (Map/directions)
Tickets: Free

 

Presented in partnership with the Road Bloc Collective as part of Shubbak Festival 

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