Art in the Age of Black Power, History of Racist Ideas in US
Presented by Rana Mitter. With an exhibition about the art of the black power movement and a discussion with Ibram X Kendi on the history of racist ideas in America.
Tate Modern offers a retrospective on the Art of the Black Power Movement in America and explores how 'Black Art' was defined by artists across the United States and its interplay with the civil rights movement. Rana Mitter is joined by Gaylene Gould, writer and artist and Head of Cinema and Events at the BFI, who reviews the 'Soul of A Nation' exhibition.
Rana is also joined by the reggae poet and recording artist, Linton Kwesi Johnson "Writing was a political act and poetry was a cultural weapon"', as well as the film director H O Nazareth to talk about the artists and intellectuals who made up the British Black Panther leadership. Also joining in the conversation, Sandeep Parmar, a prize-winning poet and New Generation Thinker who argues that a new generation of critics and reviewers must be found to highlight the work of poets of colour in the UK.
Also, Rana Mitter talks to intellectual historian Ibram X Kendi as his award-winning account of racist ideas in the United States comes out in the UK.
Soul of a Nation: Art in the Age of Black Power at London's Tate Modern 12/07/2017 - 22/10/2017
Pres: Rana Mitter
Guests: Linton Kwesi Johnson
Gaylene Gould
H O Nazareth
Sandeep Parmar 'Eidolon', Winner of the inaugural Ledbury Forte Prize for Second Collections, is out now.
Ibram X Kendi 'Stamped from the Beginning: A Definitive History of Racist Ideas in America' is out now.
Photo: Ibram X Kendi Credit: Penguin Random House.
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The influence of the British Black Art movement.
Artists Sonia Boyce, Isaac Julien, Eddie Chambers and Harold Offeh talk to Anne McElvoy.
Black British History
Bernardine Evaristo, Keith Piper, Miranda Kaufmann and Kehinde Andrews on black Britain.
Sandeep Parmar delivering her New Generation Thinker postcard in 2015
Professor Paul Gilroy
Philip Dodd is in extended conversation about culture and race with Professor Paul Gilroy.
Podcast: Free Thinking: Art in the Age of Black Power; History of Racist Ideas in US
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Credits
Role | Contributor |
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Presenter | Rana Mitter |
Interviewed Guest | Linton Kwesi Johnson |
Interviewed Guest | Gaylene Gould |
Interviewed Guest | HO Nazareth |
Interviewed Guest | Sandeep Parmar |
Interviewed Guest | Ibrahim X Kendi |
Broadcast
- Wed 12 Jul 2017 22:00Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ Radio 3
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