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   Monday 3rd October - 7.30pm @HOLIDAY INN Oxford

    HOT SHOTS  A series of short films and documentaries

Tuesday 4th October  @Barbados High Commission from 7.30pm – 9.30pm 

United Nations Development Program (UNDP) Spokesman on  -  Peace and Poverty for Barbados and the Eastern Caribbean,  performance poet, humanitarian and photographer, AJA will be in England to launch his e-Book and to participate in the 3rd Annual International Black Media Festival in Oxford.

AJA will launch the e-Book entitled “Don’t Let Me Die” on Tuesday 4th October at the Barbados High Commission from 7.30pm – 9.30pm. The e-Book is a volume of poems, perspectives and photographs that captures the human suffering caused by war, social decay, poverty and HIV-AIDS, particularly on children.

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Thursday 6th October 2005  

3:00 - 1700 Registration at the host hotel, The Holiday Inn Hotel, Oxford

7.00 - 11.00pm
Launch and Gala screening of JUSTICE followed by Q&A with the film directors
Oxford University  Natural History Museum Parks Road, OXFORD OX1 3PW
Keynote presentation:   Dr. Floella Benjamin OBE

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FRIDAY 7TH OCTOBER

13.00 Registration at host hotel, Holiday Inn Hotel, Oxford
 

16.00 – 17.30 Feature Film presentation : CHISHOLM ‘72
Venue:  HOLIDAY INN , Oxford.
This powerful documentary follows the career of Shirley Chisholm, the first black woman ever to run for president of the United States. A teacher in Harlem, Chisholm’s passion for progress brought her to local politics, then a seat in Congress and ultimately, a run for the presidency in 1972. The sheer will and refusal to accept the status will inspire and amaze you.

18.00 – 19.30 Feature film presentation: WOMEN THOU ART LOOSED
Venue: Phoenix Picture House Cinema, Walton Street, Oxford.
Based on Bishop T.B. Jakes novel and play Women Thou art loosed follows the life of Michelle Jordan (Kimberly Elise) who is raised in a home of dysfunction and abuse. The years of mistreatment from her mother’s (Loretta Devine) boyfriend result in Michelle’s entanglement in a world of drugs, prostitution and imprisonment. It is behind bars that Michelle finally receive the helps she needs American Black Film Festival Best Film Award 2004 ‘Kimberly Elise gives a 
tor: Shola Lynch. USA 2004

 
20.00 – 21.30 The road to JUSTICE
Venue: Holiday Inn Hotel, Oxford
Hear first hand from the producers and directors
JUSTICE was inspired by the real-life experiences of civil rights lawyers, including writer/director/producer Jeanne-Marie Almonor.
Ms. Almonor grew up in inner-city Brooklyn, went to Harvard Law School,
and joined a corporate law firm in Minneapolis.
After a few years, she left the firm to start a civil rights law practice with her husband and fellow Harvard Law grad, John Shulman. For more than a decade, the couple has fought on the front lines in the battle for social and economic justice. Ms. Almonor and Mr. Shulman made JUSTICE to expose the truth about the American criminal justice system, where racial disparities in arrest rates, charges, convictions and incarceration have
put 1 in 10 African-American men aged 25-29 in prison (compared to 1 in 100 white men).
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22.00 - 23.30 EUROPEAN PREMIERE A SCENT OF OAK

Venue: Holiday Inn Hotel, Oxford
Director: Rigoberto Lopez Pego Cuba/Spain/France, 2003, 127 min.

Spanish with subtitles
Set in Cuba at the beginning of the 19th century, Roble de Olor tells a story inspired by the lives of Cornelio Souchay, a German merchant recently arrived on the island, and Ursula Lambert, a freed Black slave from Haiti. Despite being from such different cultures, and the social and racial barriers that separate them, a strong attraction arises, and thus a tale of love challenges the taboos and power structures of their time. Starring Lia Chapman, Jorge Perugorria (Guantanamera, Strawberry & Chocolate) and Ruben Breñas.

9.30am Make a movie in a day. A one day introduction and practical session on filmmaking; learn, film, edit and screen a short film in a day! hosted by BBC’s Video Nation programme.

10:30 - 11-30 Kids Club screening: a one hour film programe tailored for children.
Venue: Phoenix Picture House Cinema, Walton Street, Oxford.

11.00 – 17.00 Skillset careers information stand – Holiday inn Hotel
 

13.00 – 15.00 Animation workshops

12:00 - 14:00 DARE TO DREAM looks at the opportunities available in the broadcast and film industry. The session showcases careers and routes into the film and television industry, what skills, attributes, qualifications and work experience are required. Hosted by Steve Rock, author of Failing
Your Way to Success, Steve speaks about success being a journey, not a destination.
Venue: Holiday Inn Hotel, Oxford

14:30 – 16.00 Using new technologies to make and distribute your film.
Venue: Holiday Inn Hotel, Oxford

 17:00 - 18:00 Screening: He Got Bills Followed by Q & A with Director
Venue: Holiday Inn Hotel, Oxford

Thirty, sixty, ninety days behind, sound familiar? Meet Reel E. Late, Past Due
and DeLeanQuent, three people who don’t pay their bills. Little do they know their irresponsibility has drawn the ire of the greatest Black filmmaker turned bill collector, Spike Lee. He’s got his eyes on them and won’t rest until they pay up, pay up!

Spike Lee isn’t the only one watching this irresponsible trio. Angry Black Man/Loud actor turned credit counsellor, Sam Jackson will save the day with his credit counseling services. Will 40 Acres and a Mule devour these three financial vagabonds? Or will their debt me smoked up in Samuel Jackson’s crack pipe! Find out who will win this battle over FICA in He Got Billz.

19.30 – 20.30 HOT SHOTS SHORT FILM SCREENINGS
A series of short films by up and comming directors.
Venue: Phoenix Picture House Cinema, Walton Street, Oxford


21.30 – 00 "Evolutionary Poet: Finding Media to tell the Story".
AJA is a Barbadian poet, musician and photographer. From his emergence as a poet in the early 1980’s, he has been focusing on global issues such as war, poverty racism and the abuse of women and children.

AJA has produced five albums; performed around the world at ‘World Music’ and literary festival; and in 2002 Peepal Tree Press, Leeds England published an anthology of his poems entitled ‘Antiquity’

AJA was appointed a United Nations Development Programme(UNDP) Spokesperson for Peace and Poverty for Barbados and the Eastern Caribbean in 2003. Between November 2003 and September 2004, AJA visited Brazil, South Africa, Sierra Leone, Haiti, Jamaica, Israel and Palestine to take photographs.

The national television station of Barbados, the Caribbean Broadcasting Corporation (CBC) made a television documentary of his travels – entitled ‘Don’t let them Die’
This session centres around the showing of a 30-minute documentary of excerpts of "Don't Let Them Die: The Journey of AJA": A 30-minute Journey of Haiti and a 30-minute episode of "Images of Bajan Poetry".
The session takes place on Saturday 8th October from 9.00pm – Midnight at the Holiday Inn Hotel, Peartree Roundabout, Oxford. Tickets only £10.00
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21.00 – 00.45 The Classic Zone Screening of 70’s movie BLACK CAESAR,
BLACK CAESAR: Tommy Gibbs (Fred Williamson) has always had it tough. Growing up on the streets without a father and trying to make his mother
proud. Tommy resorts to running ‘errand’ for ‘The Man’ But when a crooked cop beats him up Tommy realises theirs is a better way to live: by making the man deliver to him. ‘Compelling.
Exciting. Black Caesar has authentic power!’

followed by the social evening.

Venue: Baby bar and Restaurant, Cowley road, Oxford.

SUNDAY 9TH OCTOBER 05

 

11:30 – 12:30 A series of short screenings in association with African American Women in Cinema.
Venue: Phoenix Picture House Cinema, Walton Street, Oxford.

13:00 – 17:00 The classic Sunday Jazz brunch screenings.
Venue: Holiday Inn Hotel. Peartree Roundabout, Oxford.

Indulge in a sumptuous African American and Caribbean buffet served whilst enjoying a series
of screenings, poetry and jazz music. One of the screenings will feature WHY DO FOOLS FALL IN LOVE? Three beautiful women visit record executive Morris Levy with one thing in mind: to claim
the music royalties earned by their husband, the late, great ‘70’s icon Frankie Lymon.
They say good things and bad news always travel in threes; looks like the talented, troubled Frankie left more than this music behind Halle Berry, Vivica A. Fox and Lela Rochon play the very different  woman who discover they have something in common – the same husband (Larenz Tate)‘ENORMOUSLY ENTERTAINING