Jamie Chi is an independent filmmaker and LGBT+ rights activist of Filipino and Chinese heritage. Jamie’s most recent project is a documentary called ‘Safe Distance’ which explores the lives of queer Chinese people living under lockdown in the UK. In this interview, Jamie talks about the inspiration behind their documentary, the challenges of filming in […]
I was delighted to receive an invitation to watch Overflow at The Bush Theatre. I had seen a lot of buzz about it online prior to lockdown closures and then again with its online streaming debut. Despite this, I went into the play knowing little about it, save that it was written by the award-winning […]
Set in Dublin, Ireland, Adiba Jaigirdar’s YA romance novel holds the story of Humaira “Hani” Khan and Ishita “Ishu” Dey. The two teenage girls attend the same all-girls school and, like many other immigrant children, are expected to befriend one another. Despite ethnicity, the girls share little else in common. Hani is easy-going, extroverted and […]
Last year AZ announced our first ever creative fund. The first five fund recipients were announced in June and amongst them was budding techno-rap musician, James Indigo. Today, James releases the brand new video to his single, Van Gogh- an experimental dance track with drum and bass-inspired beats, bolstered by beautifully bizarre visuals that give […]
During the marketing stage of a solo show I held on the South Bank, a friend contacted a very well-known and respected gallery to invite them to the private view on my behalf. Their response, I quote ‘the problem with promoting young artists is that they have no history. So who her parents are and what […]
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I’m upset. I went to bed feeling disturbed after watching a video of Philadelphia born, African-American psychologist, author, lecturer and self-proclaimed community leader, Dr Umar Johnson tearing down British actor Daniel Kaluuya, for playing African-American activist and former Black Panther Party Chairman, Fred Hampton in his latest film release – Judas and The Black Messiah. […]
It’s World Book Day and we have 8 Books for you written by some amazing QTIBPOC authors. They range from Sci-Fi short stories and autobiographical fiction to teenage fiction and poetry. Leave your suggestions in the comments, we’d love to know what you’re reading! 1/8 Love Beyond Body, Space and Time: An Indigenous LGBTQ Sci-Fi […]
Depictions of fat women in TV & film have rarely done them any justice. Whether it’s the mockery of fat Black women seen in Tyler Perry’s Madea and Eddie Murphy’s ‘Norbit’ or various fat characters sidelined to the funny best friend (à la Kim in Moesha), the representation of fatness in TV and film has […]
We’ve all been to a museum. Being shown around by an enthusiastic white male who knows about all the artifacts that the Museum stores. Artifacts from different parts of the world, collected by European ‘explorers.’ Explorers who set sail to discover a new world not ‘looters or invaders’, just explorers. Gifting their kings and queens […]
