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Cinema
Shaka King's new biopic about Black Panther leader Fred Hampton (Daniel Kaluuya) examines his assassination, facilitated by FBI informant William O'Neal (LaKeith Stanfield)
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TV
In the final film in Steve McQueen's Small Axe anthology, 12-year-old Kingsley (Kenyah Sandy) is taken out of school for being 'educationally subnormal'. But something else is afoot…
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TV
The penultimate film in Steve McQueen's Small Axe anthology examines the early life of novelist Alex Wheatle (Sheyi Cole), looking at his time in Brixton shortly before the 1981 Uprising
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TV
In the third Small Axe film from Steve McQueen, John Boyega stars as Leroy Logan, a black officer in the 80s who wanted to eliminate racism in the police
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Cinema
Another entry in Steve McQueen's Small Axe anthology, Lovers Rock plunges into a heavy, reggae-fuelled house party in 1980 west London
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TV
The first of Steve McQueen's Small Axe anthology series, Mangrove examines the story of the Mangrove Nine, arrested for protesting police brutality in 1970. Letitia Wright stars
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Essential
Books
People of colour have been telling their own story for generations, and they tell it better than anyone else. Here are some of the books that illustrate that story
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Visual Arts
A new exhibition outside the Southbank Centre is championing the UK’s black female professors, a minority group who have made it against the odds
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Cinema
In this film debut from Channing Godfrey Peoples, former Miss Juneteenth winner Turquoise (Nicole Beharie) encourages her daughter Kai (Alexis Chikaeze) to follow in her footsteps
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TV
In the latest BBC film from Jimmy McGovern, Anthony is a metafictional examination of Anthony Walker, a teenager murdered in 2005 for being black
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Netflix
In Da 5 Bloods, Spike Lee examines the impact of the Vietnam from the perspectives of four African-American veterans: tackling PTSD, war stories, and black history. Chadwick Boseman stars
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Lifestyle
Chinasa Chukwu, creative director of lifestyle brand Weruzo and cultural anthology POSTSCRIPT, on Black Lives Matter and making your rage productive
