Adapting a popular book or comic into a TV series is always a tricky task. People become attached to the characters as they envision them to be, so when a TV show alters a character, it’ll never please everybody. Film companies in recent years have made efforts to diversify their productions. One way in which…
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#BLM, Film, Venue
Diversity in Disney animation
Research shows that children develop a racial bias from as young as five years old. Professor Jennifer Steele conducted a study of this behaviour and concluded: “when we ask children to categorise by race, both younger [5-8 year olds] and older White children [9-12 year olds] show a pro-White bias”. This research bears witness to…
Arts, Venue
Tate takes greater strides towards racial equality
On June 1st, Tate released a statement across its social media platforms reading: “We have a platform, a voice, and a duty to our members, employees, artists, visitors and followers to speak up and stand for human rights and anti-racism. Nobody should have to live in fear because of the colour of their skin”. The…
Fashion, Venue
The racial bias of the ‘influencer’ world
The daily routine of almost every young person in the developed world revolves, in one way or another, around social media. Social media has a gigantic influence over billions of lives, making the profession of the “influencer” a much-coveted role. In recent weeks, social media has become a vehicle for the advocacy for racial equality,…
#BLM, Gaming, Venue
Africa: the next gaming industry superpower?
The video gaming industry was valued at $152 billion in 2019, with countries such as the U.K., the U.S. and Canada being global frontrunners in terms of employment, developer success and sales of hardware and software. In the U.S, 220,000 people are employed within the industry. With such a tight-knit set of gaming pioneers, just…
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13th – Netflix film review
Ava DuVernay’s BAFTA award-winning documentary 13th has recently seen a 4,500% increase in streams in light of the murder of George Floyd. The title is a reference to the thirteenth amendment, which states that American people should be subjected to “neither slavery nor involuntary servitude, except as a punishment for crime”. The film charts how…