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Deadmeat (film)
''Deadmeat'' is a 2007 British urban crime drama thriller film written, directed, produced by, and starring Q, aka Kwabena Manso. The film is about a man who has just been released from prison and sets out to exact violent revenge against the gang who murdered his brother. Plot Clarkie has just been released from prison and is staying in Notting Hill with his elder brother Bones, an Internet painting artist and entrepreneur, and his brother's girlfriend, Melanie, the lawyer who defended Clarkie. Froggy, a friend of the two brothers and Bone's best friend, tells Clarkie that Melanie and Bones set him up to go to prison. Froggy regularly visited Clarkie in prison but Bones did not visit him once. Clarkie is having an affair with Melanie, which Bones finds about after he proposes to Melanie. Whilst news is reported about an American serial killer, Bones is found dead in his flat, having apparently hung himself, the death is subsequently attached to "The Cyber Vigilante", whose v ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jo Martin
Joanna Lisa Martin (born 29 April 1969) is a British actress. On television, she is known for her roles in the BBC series '' The Crouches'' (2003–2005) as Natalie Crouch, '' Back to Life'' (2019–2021) as Janice, ''Holby City'' (2019–2022) as Max McGerry, and ''Doctor Who'' (2020–2022, 2025) as the Fugitive Doctor, and ''Dreaming Whilst Black'' (2023) as Grace. Early life Martin was born in Newham, London to a Jamaican mother who died on 25 December 2015 and a Jamaican father. Her parents arrived in the area in the 1950s. She attended Portway Primary School and Plashet All Girls Secondary School. Career ''Doctor Who'' Martin first appeared in the series 12 episode " Fugitive of the Judoon", playing Ruth Clayton, a tourist guide who is later revealed to be an unplaced incarnation of the Doctor known as the Fugitive Doctor. Martin's Doctor received positive reviews from critics. She reprised her role in the series finale, " The Timeless Children", in the third chapte ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Geff Francis
Geffrey Francis (born 1964), best known as Geff Francis, is a British actor from England who portrayed Lynford, a hoodlum, in the 1988 drama film ''For Queen and Country''. In 1986, he appeared as the title character in Channel Four's '' Zastrozzi, A Romance'' and in a minor role in ''The Singing Detective''. In the popular Peckham-set comedy ''Desmond's'' he played the title character's eldest son (Michael) (Channel 4, 1989–94), before moving on to the spin-off series '' Porkpie'' (1995–96).Hazelann WilliamsIt's About Time They Brought Back Desmond's '' The Voice'', 26 January 2013. Francis has since become a regular character actor on British television. He portrayed the Metropolitan Police desk sergeant Viv James in the BBC TV series '' Ashes to Ashes''. He also appeared in "The Bells of Saint John", a 2013 episode of fellow BBC TV series ''Doctor Who''. To science fiction Science fiction (often shortened to sci-fi or abbreviated SF) is a genre of speculative ficti ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
List Of Hood Films
This is a list of hood films. These films focus on the culture and life of African-Americans, Hispanic Americans, Hispanic-Americans, and, in some cases, Asian Americans, Asian-Americans or White Americans who live in segregated, low-income urban communities. This list also includes comparably economically disenfranchised and crime adjacent communities in other countries such as the UK and Canada. List of hood films 1970s *''Cooley High'', 1975 *''Walk Proud'', 1979 1980s *''The Outsiders (film), The Outsiders'', 1983 *''Rumble Fish (film), Rumble Fish'', 1983 *''Colors (film), Colors'', 1988 *''Do the Right Thing'', 1989 1990s *''New Jack City'', 1991 *''Boyz n the Hood'', 1991 *''Straight Out of Brooklyn'', 1991 *''Deep Cover (1992 film), Deep Cover'', 1992 *''Juice (1992 film), Juice'', 1992 *''Just Another Girl on the I.R.T.'', 1992 *''South Central (film), South Central'', 1992 *''Trespass (1992 film), Trespass'', 1992 *''Menace II Society'', 1993 *''Blood In Blood Out'', ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Fedz
''Fedz'' (originally based on a short film titled ''Fever'') is a 2013 United Kingdom, British crime film, crime thriller film directed by, written by and starring Q, aka Kwabena Manso. The film is about a renegade policeman attempting to investigate a terrorist group intending to release an airborne virus in London. Plot Policeman, Mike Jones (Q), is given information by his athlete friend, Joey (Silvio Simac), about a terrorist group testing a virus on people. Whilst undercover, Mike tries to earn the trust of Slick Pete (Bradley Gardner), who is planning a bank robbery heist. Later Joey is murdered by his girlfriend, Ty (Shanika Warren-Markland), after refusing to throw his next martial arts fight at the request of Fast Eddie (Joseph Marcell). After Mike finds Joey dead and he suspects Ty was involved after seeing her with a few gangsters earlier. He pursues her for information, after she disregards him, he and his partner are followed back to his house by Rizzle (Gary McDon ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Black British
Black British people or Black Britons"Black Briton, N." ''Oxford English Dictionary''. Oxford UP. December 2024. https://doi.org/10.1093/OED/1136579918. are a multi-ethnic group of British people of List of ethnic groups of Africa, Sub-Saharan African or Afro-Caribbean people, Afro-Caribbean descent.Gadsby, Meredith (2006), ''Sucking Salt: Caribbean Women Writers, Migration, and Survival'', University of Missouri Press, pp. 76–77. The term ''Black British'' developed during the 1960s,"Black British, N. & Adj." ''Oxford English Dictionary''. Oxford UP. December 2024. https://doi.org/10.1093/OED/2659161428. referring to Black British people from the former British West Indies (sometimes called the Windrush Generation), and from Africa. The term ''black'' has historically had a number of applications as a Political blackness, racial and political label. It may also be used in a wider sociopolitical context to encompass a broader range of non-European minority group, ethnic minori ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Pan-African Film Festival
Pan African Film Festival (PAFF) is a non-profit corporation in Los Angeles, California, United States, that states its goal is to promote "cultural understanding among peoples of African descent" through exhibiting art and film. It hosts a film festival and an arts festival in Los Angeles in February of each year. The ''Los Angeles Times'' in 2013 called the film festival "the largest black film festival" in the United States. Background The festival was founded in 1992 by actors Danny Glover, Ja'net Dubois, and executive director Ayuko Babu. Babu had no ties to Hollywood and was working as a financial consultant before he contributed to finding the film festival. Glover and actress Whoopi Goldberg co-hosted the festival in 1992. One of the main goals was to expose others to African films because many of the films were not being screened and going unnoticed. Babu states, "A showcase festival, maybe two of them. First, try one in Hollywood. That would get the attention of the m ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
American Black Film Festival
The American Black Film Festival (ABFF), originally called the Acalpulco Black Film Festival, is an independent film festival that focuses primarily on black film and works by black members of the film industry. The festival is held annually in Miami, Florida and features films, documentaries, and web series with black writers, directors, and actors. History Founding: "Because Hollywouldn't" The first Acapulco Black Film Festival was held in June 1997. The aim of its founders, Jeff Friday, Byron E. Lewis and Warrington Hudlin, was to create a venue at which members of "Black Hollywood" could meet, network, collaborate, and celebrate black cinema. In an interview, Friday said that one of the main motivations for the festival was that " l minorities are shut down from the private party we call Hollywood. We are let in one at a time, and the masses don't get the information, or don't have access to the decision making, or are not in a position to green-light a project. What we ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Idris Elba
Idrissa Akuna Elba Order of the British Empire, OBE ( ; born 6 September 1972) is an English actor and musician. He has received a Golden Globe Award as well as nominations for three BAFTA Awards and six Primetime Emmy Awards, Emmy Awards. He was named in the Time 100, ''Time'' 100 list of the Most Influential People in the World in 2016. His films have grossed over at the global box office, making him one of the top 20 highest-grossing actors. Elba studied acting at the National Youth Music Theatre in London. He rose to prominence playing Stringer Bell in the HBO series ''The Wire'' (2002–2004), and Chief inspector#United Kingdom, DCI John Luther in the BBC One series ''Luther (TV series), Luther'' (2010–2019), the latter of which earned him the Golden Globe Award for Best Actor – Miniseries or Television Film as well as four nominations for the Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Lead Actor in a Limited or Anthology Series or Movie, Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Screen Nation
The Screen Nation Film & TV Awards, formerly the bfm (black filmmaker) Film and TV Awards, was founded in September 2003 by independent film producer Charles Thompson, as a platform to raise the profile of black British and international film and television talent of African heritage. Statuette The Screen Nation Award statuette is based on a West African mask and was designed by Jamaican-born sculptor George "Fowokan" Kelly. "The statuette signifies via the mask that there is a change coming. A mask takes you from one state into another and in this case from being unrecognized and unrewarded to being recognized and celebrated". Awards The Screen Nation Film and TV Awards are given at a televised event that normally takes place in October during UK Black History Month. The awards ceremony—dubbed the "Black BAFTAs" by ''The Independent'' newspaper in 2003—brings together actors, actresses, directors and filmmakers from the British and international film and TV industry. In 2 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Total Film
''Total Film'' was a British film magazine published 13 times a year (published monthly with a summer issue added, between the July and August issues, every year since issue 91, 2004) by Future Publishing. The magazine was launched in 1997 and offered cinema, DVD and Blu-ray news, reviews, and features. ''Total Film'' was available both in print and interactive iPad editions. In 2014, it was announced online that ''Total Film'' would be merging into ''GamesRadar+,'' alongside ''SFX (magazine), SFX'', ''Edge (magazine), Edge'', and ''Computer and Video Games''. In October 2024, Future announced that the publication of ''Total Film'' would be ending on issue 356, with the publication joining ''All About Space'', ''Total 911'' and ''3D World'' as titles axed by the company at the same time. Features Each month, ''Total Film'' provided a range of features, from spotlight interviews with actors and directors to the making of on-set pieces for new and future releases. Each issue alway ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
London
London is the Capital city, capital and List of urban areas in the United Kingdom, largest city of both England and the United Kingdom, with a population of in . London metropolitan area, Its wider metropolitan area is the largest in Western Europe, with a population of 14.9 million. London stands on the River Thames in southeast England, at the head of a tidal estuary down to the North Sea, and has been a major settlement for nearly 2,000 years. Its ancient core and financial centre, the City of London, was founded by the Roman Empire, Romans as Londinium and has retained its medieval boundaries. The City of Westminster, to the west of the City of London, has been the centuries-long host of Government of the United Kingdom, the national government and Parliament of the United Kingdom, parliament. London grew rapidly 19th-century London, in the 19th century, becoming the world's List of largest cities throughout history, largest city at the time. Since the 19th cen ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kilburn, London
Kilburn is an area in North West London, North West London, in the London Borough of Camden, London Boroughs of Camden, London Borough of Brent, Brent and the City of Westminster. Kilburn High Road railway station lies 3.5 miles (5.6 km) north-west of Charing Cross. Kilburn developed from a linear hamlet that grew up on ancient Watling Street (the modern A5 Road), the hamlet took its name from Kilburn Priory, which was built on the banks of Kilburn Brook. Watling Street forms the contemporary boundary between the boroughs of Brent and Camden. The area has London's highest Irish people, Irish population, as well as a sizable British Afro-Caribbean community, Afro-Caribbean population, and was once home to the black civil rights leader Billy Strachan. Geographic and administrative context Kilburn has never been an administrative unit and has therefore never had any formally defined boundaries. The area, which took its name from a nearby watercourse and eponymous priory, dev ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
