Radio drama available to listen to via BBC iPlayer:
- The radio drama of Rockets and Blue Lights by Winsome Pinnock on BBC Radio 3 (Available for 27 days.)
A link below to listen to Rockets and Blue Lights on BBC Radio 3:
https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m000k1kj
- Cane - a radio drama adaptation of Jean Toomer’s novel by Janice Okoh (Available for 27 days.)
A title that influenced and characterised the Jazz Age.
Cane by Jean Toomer is a fragmented portrait of the American South which lurches between poetry, story and drama. A landmark in African-American literature, Cane is dramatised for radio by Janice Okoh, featuring an all-star cast and original music by Soul legend Carleen Anderson.
 |
Find a link to listen to the above radio adaptation of Cane:
https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m000k8ck
***
Theatre available to watch online:
- Small Island by National Theatre (Available to watch until 7pm on Thursday the 25th of June 2020.)
 |
Find a link below to watch this National Theatre production of Small Island on YouTube:
***
- Hamlet by William Shakespeare on BBC iPlayer: (Available for 2 months.)
 |
Below is a link to watch Hamlet on BBC Four:
www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/episode/p089zf8r
***
- Othello by William Shakespeare on BBC iPlayer: (Available for 2 months.)
 |
Find a link below to watch Othello on BBC iPlayer:
www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/episode/p089zj52
***
- A Midsummer Night’s Dream by William Shakespeare on BBC Four (Available for 2 months.)
 |
Find a link below to watch A Midsummer Night’s Dream on BBC iPlayer:
www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/episode/p08b015k
***
- The Royal Shakespeare Company’s most recent production of Romeo and Juliet: (Available for 2 months.)
 |
Find a link below to watch Romeo and Juliet on BBC iPlayer:
www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/episode/p089zgy5
***
- Papatango’s Isolated But Open: Voices Across the Shutdown (Unsure how long these monologues will be available to watch.)
 |
Find a link below to short monologues on Papatango’s website:
https://papatango.co.uk/isolated-but-open/
***
- The Fall - a play devised by students at the University of CapeTown in South Africa. (Unsure how long this will be available to watch.)
A play written after the statue of imperialist Cecil Rhodes was removed from the University of Cape Town in 2015 is now available to watch online.
Devised and performed by seven of the university’s students, The Fall charts their experiences as activists committed to bringing the statue down, as well as the college’s failure to decolonise its campus and curriculum. It explores how race, class, gender, power and history intersect
 |
Find a link below to watch The Fall on YouTube:
***
- Macbeth at Shakespeare’s Globe: (Available to watch until UK secondary schools reopen.)
 |
Find a link below to watch Macbeth on YouTube:
***
- Hamilton by Lin-Manuel Miranda
Hamilton tells the story of Alexander Hamilton, one of the founding fathers of the United States, and features a very diverse cast, recalling the America of the past with the America of today.
The music of the show is powered by hip-hop and R&B, as well as more pop stylings and show tunes.
 |
When is Hamilton released on Disney Plus UK?
We don’t have to wait very long at all for the release of Hamilton on Disney Plus UK – as it’ll be dropping on to the streaming platform on Friday 3 July.
Find a link below to Disney Plus UK:
https://disney.co.uk/everything-coming-to-disney-plus
***
- The filmed version of Antoinette Nwandu’s stage play Pass Over. This play was filmed by Spike Lee and is available on Amazon Prime Video. (It is possible to use your free 30 day Amazon Prime Video trial time watch this film.)
 |
Find the link to Amazon Prime Video of Pass Over below:
Academy Award nominee and Honorary Oscar winning Spike Lee captures the poetry, humor and humanity of this urgent and timely play about two young black men talking shit, passing the time, and dreaming of the promised land. A provocative riff on Waiting for Godot, PASS OVER by newcomer Antoinette Nwandu.
***
- Nine Lives - a play by Zodwa Nyoni (Available for 2 weeks.)
 |
Fleeing from his home where a fresh wave of homophobia threatens his life, Ishmael has sought sanctuary in the UK. Dispersed to Leeds, Ishmael waits to hear his fate, he waits for a new life to begin amongst strangers. But not everyone is bad… can he find a place to call home again?
Find a link below to watch Nine Lives on YouTube:
***
Some TV and YouTube shows:
- 13TH - a documentary by Ava DuVernay
Filmmaker Ava DuVernay explores the history of racial inequality in the United States, focusing on the fact that the nation's prisons are disproportionately filled with African-Americans.
 |
Find a link to the 13TH documentary on YouTube below:
***
- I AM NOT YOUR NEGRO on BBC Four, available to watch in BBC iPlayer: (Available for 27 days.)
 |
In 1979, James Baldwin wrote a letter to his literary agent describing his next project, "Remember This House." The book was to be a revolutionary, personal account of the lives and assassinations of three of his close friends: Medgar Evers, Malcolm X and Martin Luther King, Jr. At the time of Baldwin's death in 1987, he left behind only 30 completed pages of this manuscript. Filmmaker Raoul Peck envisions the book James Baldwin never finished.
Find a link below to watch IAM NOT YOUR NEGRO on BBC iPlayer:
www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/episode/m000kbk6
***
- Black and British: A Forgotten History (This is a 4 part BBC series presented by Professor David Olusoga.) It is available to watch on BBC iPlayer for 11 months..
David Olusoga explores the links between Britain and people of African origins over four 1 hour episodes.
 |
Find a link to the 4 episodes of this documentary series on BBC iPlayer:
www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/episode/b082w9p9
- The Unwanted: The Secret Windrush Files. (Available for 20 days.)
David Olusoga opens secret government files to explore the Windrush Scandal.
 |
Find a link below to The Unwanted: The Secret Windrush Files. This is available to watch on the BBC iPlayer.
www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/episode/m00068sk
- Sitting in Limbo (Available to watch on BBC iPlayer for 11 months.)
A drama inspired by the Windrush Scandal.
A link to the film is below:
www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/episode/p08g29ff
The article below has some great suggestion of programmes to watch on Netflix:
https://www.vanityfair.com/hollywood/2020/06/the-help-netflix-watch-list
***