by Alice Farkas | Apr 3, 2021 | Articles, Short Films
Migrant Sound is a youthful celebration of migration and its impact on the UK’s music and culture. Combining broad societal stories with personal family anecdotal histories, this series permits emotional storytelling mixed with vibrant visuals of migrant culture, told...
by Alice Farkas | Mar 27, 2021 | Articles
Heady Mix was founded on the recognition that it’s impossible for each of us to fully comprehend the experiences of one another, and especially of those marginalised by society, whose stories are not mainstream or widespread. But of course, the book doesn’t stop...
by Alice Farkas | Mar 13, 2021 | Articles, Authors
In the final months of last year, Heady Mix interviewed Sara Novic – author of Girl at War. Featured in November 2019 as part of our Feminist Fairy Tales collection, Girl at War was one of two novels chosen because of their strong female protagonist, showcasing women...
by Alice Farkas | Mar 9, 2021 | Articles, Short Films
When young women arrived in England from the Caribbean aboard HM Empire Windrush, their hope for new opportunity must have been palpable. Determined, driven, fuelled with agency, action and ambition to see more of the world. And specifically, to see what Motherland...
by Alice Farkas | Feb 27, 2021 | Articles, Short Films
The next instalment in our Windrush short film series is another from Black Apron Productions, and their project ‘Windrush Generations’. Carmen has a chronological narrative. The film retells a grandmother’s story through the voice of her granddaughter. Filled with...
by Wendy Harding | Feb 21, 2021 | Articles
In this second part of our love goddesses series, we’ll have a look at goddesses from the Far East, the Indian subcontinent, Oceania, Latin America, and indigenous peoples in North America. Far from being lost in history, some of these goddesses have strong...
