{"title": "DISCUSSION & FILM SCREENING: BLACK BRITONS, RACE, AND POLICING", "start": "2026-11-18T19:00:00Z", "end": "2026-11-18T20:30:00Z", "place": "Housmans", "address": "Caledonian Road 5, London", "price": "Sliding scale; free tickets available on request", "price_from": "0.00", "price_to": "0.00", "category": "film", "tags": ["film/documentary", "society/racism"], "description": "An evening at Housmans pairing a screening of the documentary Blacks Britannica with the launch of Bisi Akintoye's new book, Black Britons, Race, and Policing: The Long Shadow. The 1978 film is a landmark documentary exploring racism, policing, immigration, employment and resistance in Black communities in Britain during the 1970s, built from interviews and contemporary footage. Bisi Akintoye's book draws on 58 interviews with young people, elders and community workers in a heavily policed North London neighbourhood to examine racialised policing, its everyday consequences and its legacies. Akintoye will be in conversation with Dr Remy-Paulin Twahirwa, who chairs the discussion, with drinks and snacks and copies of the book on sale.", "url": "https://noky.io/en/london/events/discussion-film-screening-black-britons-race-and-policing-41523/", "official_url": "https://housmans.com/event/panel-black-britons-race-and-policing/", "image": "https://noky.io/images/9ef6982334a51eb787fa1f3d8c6707d1446a47e421560b0796a7b0243e150eea-1200.webp", "dates": [{"start": "2026-11-18T19:00:00Z", "end": "2026-11-18T20:30:00Z", "place": "Housmans", "address": "Caledonian Road 5, London", "tickets": ""}], "similar": [{"title": "War Inna Babylon: the community's struggle for truth and justice", "start": "2026-11-07T10:30:00Z", "end": "2026-11-07T16:00:00Z", "place": "Tottenham Green Leisure Centre", "address": "1 Philip Lane, Tottenham Green, N15 4JA, United Kingdom", "price": "Free event. Refreshments available.", "price_from": "0.00", "price_to": "0.00", "category": "talks-readings", "tags": ["history/civil-rights-movement", "society/racism"], "description": "A free multimedia community presentation of the acclaimed War Inna Babylon project, tracing the struggle for truth, rights and justice from the landing of the Windrush in 1948 to today. It grew out of communities who refused to stay silent in the face of racism, police violence and injustice, and is a community-led effort to reclaim, preserve and teach Black British civil rights history. The event is organised by Tottenham Rights CIC, which is bringing the project back home to Tottenham. It considers how systemic racism manifests and impacts Black lives in the UK, through stories, archives and history of Black British resistance and community organising.", "url": "https://noky.io/en/london/events/war-inna-babylon-the-communitys-struggle-for-truth-and-justi-110914/", "official_url": "https://haringey.gov.uk/events/war-inna-babylon-communitys-struggle-truth-justice", "image": "https://noky.io/images/5fd2b03fd17172f4019debf8cd942e7acd4a8db6538f6492857210977537c00d-600.webp"}, {"title": "All White in Barking", "start": "2026-11-08T20:00:00Z", "end": null, "place": "Close-Up Film Centre", "address": "Sclater Street 97-99, E1 6HR London", "price": "", "price_from": null, "price_to": null, "category": "film", "tags": ["film/documentary", "society/migration"], "description": "All White in Barking is a documentary screening followed by a Q&A with Marc Isaacs, moderated by Gareth Evans. The film probes the attitudes of Barking's white residents toward their new immigrant neighbours. Isaacs is an unseen but prominent presence, questioning prejudices and prying at preconceptions with remarkable results. It produces a vivid picture of the attitudes and perceptions at the heart of an increasingly multicultural Britain.", "url": "https://noky.io/en/london/events/all-white-in-barking-35343/", "official_url": "", "image": ""}, {"title": "New Black British Sound x BBC Introducing", "start": "2026-11-12T18:30:00Z", "end": "2026-11-12T21:30:00Z", "place": "V&A East Museum", "address": "Carpenters Road 107, E20 2AR London", "price": "Free", "price_from": "0.00", "price_to": "0.00", "category": "concerts", "tags": ["society/black-culture/black-british", "music"], "description": "An evening of live music, networking and a panel conversation titled 'New Black British Sound x BBC Introducing' at V&A East Museum. It is run by BBC Introducing Live together with BBC Radio 1Xtra in partnership with V&A East Museum, celebrating the museum's exhibition The Music is Black: A British Story. A panel hosted by BBC Introducing's Angelle Joseph, with speakers including V&A East's Josephine Small, looks at key moments in Black British music history and how the UK industry can support young Black artists. An open mic hosted by BBC Radio 1Xtra Introducing's Theo Johnson gives nine artists the chance to perform live for BBC Introducing.", "url": "https://noky.io/en/london/events/new-black-british-sound-x-bbc-introducing-40095/", "official_url": "https://www.vam.ac.uk/event/RwGL37RqpD/new-black-british-sound-x-bbc-introducing-nov-2026", "image": ""}, {"title": "What We Leave We Carry: Voices of Migration to Britain with Colin Grant", "start": "2026-11-10T18:30:00Z", "end": null, "place": "", "address": "", "price": "Free", "price_from": "0.00", "price_to": "0.00", "category": "talks-readings", "tags": ["history/migration"], "description": "An evening talk titled 'What We Leave We Carry: Voices of Migration to Britain' exploring what people leave behind and carry with them when they move to Britain. Author, historian and critic Colin Grant has travelled the country gathering stories of people who came to make a new life, including a Czech-Roma lawyer, an Iranian taxi driver, a Sierra Leonean actor and a Romanian police officer, asking questions about assimilation, identity, belonging and the emotional cost of migration. He will be joined in conversation by actress, director and writer Anni Domingo and writer Isabelle Dupuy. The event takes place at Brixton Tate Library and is free to attend.", "url": "https://noky.io/en/london/events/what-we-leave-we-carry-voices-of-migration-to-britain-with-c-60892/", "official_url": "https://www.lambeth.gov.uk/events/what-we-leave-we-carry-voices-migration-britain-with-colin-grant", "image": "https://noky.io/images/f50cce3ac322c2eca82938db0a470ea07ed03c811cfbb47685448905a5da548a-1200.webp"}, {"title": "The Manton Centre for British Art Lecture: Sir John Akomfrah CBE RA", "start": "2026-11-17T18:00:00Z", "end": null, "place": "The Courtauld Institute of Art", "address": "Strand, WC2R 0RN London", "price": "", "price_from": "0.00", "price_to": "0.00", "category": "talks-readings", "tags": ["art/media-art/moving-image"], "description": "An annual lecture evening at The Courtauld, part of the Manton Centre for British Art, featuring the artist Sir John Akomfrah CBE RA in conversation with Professor Dorothy Price FBA. It is organised by Indie A. Choudhury and Professor Steve Edwards and supported by the Manton Foundation. Akomfrah is a pioneering artist filmmaker whose multi-screen installations explore memory, postcolonialism and time, often through the experience of global migrant diasporas, and he was a founding member of the Black Audio Film Collective.", "url": "https://noky.io/en/london/events/the-manton-centre-for-british-art-lecture-sir-john-akomfrah-69717/", "official_url": "https://courtauld.ac.uk/whats-on/the-manton-centre-for-british-art-lecture-sir-john-akomfrah-cbe-ra/", "image": "https://noky.io/images/ed77fb91a51975626a8b36f413595b3e3c6b92a6deb2790c36dd307384bb935e-2000.webp"}, {"title": "Terrorists", "start": "2026-11-16T18:30:00Z", "end": null, "place": "Genesis Cinema", "address": "Mile End Road 93-95, E1 4UJ London", "price": "", "price_from": null, "price_to": null, "category": "film", "tags": ["history/politics/activism", "film/documentary"], "description": "A London preview screening of the documentary \"Terrorists\", followed by a Q&A with the directors. The film is a new documentary by Hazuan Hashim and Phil Maxwell that examines the history of direct action and protest leading up to recent UK legislation, featuring the Suffragettes, the 1920s Poplar Council, the Greenham Common Women's Peace Camp, the Miners' Strike, the Wapping Dispute and Palestine Solidarity movements. It features among others Lowkey, Audrey White, Ken Loach, Peter Kennard and Tony Benn, with contributors including Alan Hardman, David Rosenberg, Stephen Kapos, Tayo Aluko, Hannah from the Global Sumud Flotilla, ex-miner John Dunn and peace activist Kevin Donellon. Music is by Lola Perrin.", "url": "https://noky.io/en/london/events/terrorists-36225/", "official_url": "https://genesiscinema.co.uk/event/115434", "image": "https://noky.io/images/303347e5389c682f0dad25a162d31a552f248472050be3eabf1ad30076d366f0-1200.webp"}, {"title": "The Weight Of Standing", "start": "2026-11-07T00:00:00Z", "end": null, "place": "Broadway Theatre", "address": "Catford Road, SE6 4RU London", "price": "£10.00", "price_from": "10.00", "price_to": "10.00", "category": "theatre", "tags": ["society/black-culture/black-british", "stage/theatre/drama"], "description": "The Weight Of Standing is a world premiere theatre performance celebrating the lives, resilience and enduring legacy of Black older people in Britain. Through intimate storytelling, movement and music, it explores forms of resistance, struggle and survival that have shaped generations, with stories of friendship, family and community at its heart. The work reflects on the strength carried within Black older bodies and the histories they hold, honouring voices that have too often gone unheard. Bold, moving and deeply human, it is a celebration of endurance, memory and collective care.", "url": "https://noky.io/en/london/events/the-weight-of-standing-69596/", "official_url": "https://www.broadwaytheatre.org.uk/events/the-weight-of-standing", "image": "https://noky.io/images/b28e7b626949218210950801f1b0893b66d480e9adfac6f5b48980033b1e2db4-1200.webp"}, {"title": "'Rebellion': self-defence and the story of the Bradford 12", "start": "2026-11-12T19:00:00Z", "end": null, "place": "SOAS University of London", "address": "10 Thornhaugh Street, Russell Square, WC1H 0XG London", "price": "", "price_from": null, "price_to": null, "category": "film", "tags": ["film/documentary", "history/20th-century", "society/racism"], "description": "A film screening and discussion of 'Rebellion', a documentary about the Bradford 12. In 1981, twelve young Asian men in Bradford faced terrorism charges after making petrol bombs to defend their community from a racist skinhead attack; their trial sparked protests worldwide and ended in their acquittal, affirming the right to organised self-defence for oppressed communities. The film is by Migrant Media, co-directed by Tariq Mehmood, himself a defendant in the case, and filmmaker Ken Fero. The evening includes a discussion with the filmmakers.", "url": "https://noky.io/en/london/events/rebellion-self-defence-and-the-story-of-the-bradford-12-87879/", "official_url": "https://www.soas.ac.uk/about/event/rebellion-self-defence-and-story-bradford-12", "image": ""}, {"title": "Book launch - Black and Asian Seafarers: A Visual History", "start": "2026-11-11T18:30:00Z", "end": null, "place": "Cutty Sark", "address": "King William Walk 43, SE10 9HT London", "price": "Adults: £20 | Members: £16", "price_from": "20.00", "price_to": "20.00", "category": "talks-readings", "tags": ["history/maritime", "literature/book-presentation", "society/racism"], "description": "An evening book launch celebrating the publication of 'Black and Asian Seafarers: A Visual History'. Author and Royal Museums Greenwich curator Dr Aaron Jaffer will give an overview of the book, which explores Black and Asian seafarers and how they have appeared in art and photography, with images from the museum's collections and beyond. Volunteers who helped search the archives for crew members of many backgrounds will contribute, and visitors can explore the new display 'Black and Asian seafarers in the age of Cutty Sark'. The evening also includes a book signing, with the ticket including one glass of wine or a soft drink and a discount on the book.", "url": "https://noky.io/en/london/events/book-launch-black-and-asian-seafarers-a-visual-history-114181/", "official_url": "https://www.rmg.co.uk/whats-on/cutty-sark/book-launch-black-asian-seafarers-visual-history", "image": "https://noky.io/images/eb58a57244f0e96b290c31aa6298653f0c343074c13a233c11900737d8c0e29d-1200.webp"}]}