Dear All, just a note to say that I have two showings of the film Choc'lat Soldiers from the USA, on Wed 4 November at 6 p.m. I am showing it with discussion at the Whtworth in Manchester. The wednesday before I am showing it here in Preston along with a film made about teaching the Black Atlantic called Black Atlantic Journeys. See ng poster below for details of this event

best

alan

 CHOC’LATE SOLDIERS FROM THE USA

Sex, Race and Rhythm in Wartime England (2009)

Showing in the Mitchell and Kenyon Cinema, Foster Building

As part of the celebration of Black History Month

Wednesday 28 October 7.30 p.m. (9.00 finish)

 

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CHOC’LATE SOLDIERS FROM THE USA, directed by Emmy Award winning director Noel Izon and lensed by  Academy Award winner Christopher Li, tells the story of 140,000 Black American soldiers and thousands of British civilians who crossed a racial divide during the darkest years of World War 11 and forged  an unexpected bond.  While serving in a segregated military, Black men and women did much of the U.S. Army’s “heavy lifting” by day…and introduced the British population to jazz, jitterbugging, and Black American culture by night.  For the first time, Black American soldiers experienced what it was like to be treated as equals and as Americans.

 

CHOC’LATE SOLDIERS FROM THE USA is a feature-length documentary celebrating Black American military contributions during World War II.  This landmark film illuminates how two culturally and racially different groups of people came to find their common humanity, leaving both richer for the experience.

 

Special Preview of shortened version of the documentary with commentary by Alan Rice, Reader in American Cultural Studies (UCLAN) – talking head and consultant on the film who will invite commentary and discussion from the audience. 

Also Showing:

Black Atlantic Journeys (Centre for Research Informed Teaching, 2009)

In 2007 Britain commemorated the anniversary of the Abolition of the Slave Trade in Britain and its colonies. This DVD profiles the innovative work of Dr. Alan Rice, Reader in American Cultural Studies at the University of Central Lancashire who was awarded a National Teaching Fellowship in the same year. It showcases his research and teaching in the cultural history of slavery and its consequences locally and globally. It highlights the stories of slaves and free blacks who feature in his praxis such as British blacks Sambo and Pompey and the African American Henry Box Brown and includes testimonials from students and examples of his teaching style. Also featured and discussed are the Lancaster memorial, Captured Africans which Rice was involved in helping to raise and scenes from his co–curated Manchester exhibition Trade and Empire: Remembering Slavery. The DVD not only provides a new perspective on teaching this notoriously difficult subject but also useful examples from Rice’s research to enable the teaching of slavery and the black presence in Britain. 

Alan will again provide a commentary and lead discussion on the film.

 

Dr. Alan J. Rice
National Teaching Fellow
Reader in American Cultural Studies
School of Journalism, Communication and Media

Fylde 429
University of Central Lancashire
Preston
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www.revealinghistories.org.uk <http://www.revealinghistories.org.uk/> 

Radical Narratives of the Black Atlantic (Continuum, 2003)






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