Pogus Caesar is a
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artist, television producer and director. He was born Pogus Elroy Caesar in St Kitts, West Indies, and grew up in
BirminghamBirmingham is a city and metropolitan borough in the West Midlands county of England. Birmingham is the second-most populous British city, with a population of 1,006,500 ....
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A self taught artist who took up painting seriously in his early 20's, following a series of short term employment. His early work was greatly influenced by
French impressionistImpressionism was a 19th-century art movement that began as a loose association of Paris-based artists whose independent exhibitions brought them to prominence in the 1870s and 1880s...
artist
Georges-Pierre SeuratGeorges-Pierre Seurat[p] was a French painter and draftsman. His large work A Sunday Afternoon on the Island of La Grande Jatte , his most famous painting, altered the direction of modern art by initiating Neo-impressionism, and is one of the icons of 19th century painting.-Life:Seurat...
, one of the foremost exponents of the pointillist technique. Whilst Seurat built up his compositions from a multitude of tiny coloured spots, Caesar developed his own technique by using simple pens and ink; composing his paintings with thousands of tiny dots.
Pogus Caesar is a
BritishThe United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland is a sovereign state located off the northwestern coast of continental Europe. It is an island country, spanning an archipelago including Great Britain, the northeastern part of Ireland, and many small islands...
artist, television producer and director. He was born Pogus Elroy Caesar in St Kitts, West Indies, and grew up in
BirminghamBirmingham is a city and metropolitan borough in the West Midlands county of England. Birmingham is the second-most populous British city, with a population of 1,006,500 ....
,
EnglandEngland is a country that is part of the United Kingdom. It shares land borders with Scotland to the north and Wales to the west; the Irish Sea is to the north west, the Celtic Sea to the south west and the North Sea to the east, with the English Channel to the south separating it from continental...
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History
A self taught artist who took up painting seriously in his early 20's, following a series of short term employment. His early work was greatly influenced by
French impressionistImpressionism was a 19th-century art movement that began as a loose association of Paris-based artists whose independent exhibitions brought them to prominence in the 1870s and 1880s...
artist
Georges-Pierre SeuratGeorges-Pierre Seurat[p] was a French painter and draftsman. His large work A Sunday Afternoon on the Island of La Grande Jatte , his most famous painting, altered the direction of modern art by initiating Neo-impressionism, and is one of the icons of 19th century painting.-Life:Seurat...
, one of the foremost exponents of the pointillist technique. Whilst Seurat built up his compositions from a multitude of tiny coloured spots, Caesar developed his own technique by using simple pens and ink; composing his paintings with thousands of tiny dots. This minutely detailed use of a fountain pen means that even the smaller works take several months to complete.
During the early 1980s Caesar became director of the West Midlands Ethnic Minority Arts Service, the organisation promoted multicultural arts regionally and nationally. Caesar was also the first Chairman of Birmingham International Film & Television Festival. He has also curated and contributed to shows by black British artists including
Into the Open (1984) and
Caribbean Expressions in Britain (1986).
During the late 1980s Caesar started working in
British televisionBritish television broadcasting started in 1936, and now has a collection of free and subscription services over a variety of distribution media, through which there are up to 600 channels for consumers as well as on-demand content. There are six main channel owners who are responsible for most...
- originally as a journalist on
Channel 4Channel 4 is a UK public-service television broadcaster which began working on November 2, 1982. Although commercially self-funded, it is ultimately publicly owned; originally a subsidiary of the Independent Broadcasting Authority , the station owned now and operated by the Channel Four Television...
's "
Black on BlackBlack on Black is an album by Waylon Jennings, released on RCA Victor in 1982. The second Jennings record, after 1977's Ol' Waylon, to be produced by Chips Moman, who had collaborated with Willie Nelson on Always on My Mind, Nelson's most successful album, Black on Black features a different sound...
" then as producer and director of entertainment, sport and multi cultural programmes for Central Television,
Carlton TelevisionCarlton Television was the ITV franchisee for London and parts of the surrounding counties from 9:25am every Monday to 5:15pm every Friday . The company is now managed with London Weekend Television as a single entity , but the two companies are still separately licensed...
and
BBCThe British Broadcasting Corporation, usually referred to by its abbreviation as the "BBC", is the longest established and largest broadcaster in the world...
. Radio programmes include "Mr & Mrs Smith"
BRMB Radio96.4FM BRMB is a local contemporary pop music station, based in Birmingham, UK, owned and operated by Orion Media. The stations broadcasts on 96.4 FM Stereo and DAB Digital Radio in the Birmingham & the West Midlands and online via the station's website....
and "The Windrush E. Smith Show"
BBC West MidlandsBBC West Midlands is the BBC English Region producing local television, radio, web and teletext content for the former West Midlands county, Warwickshire, Worcestershire, Herefordshire, Shropshire, and Staffordshire....
. In 1993 he formed his own production company, Windrush Productions. His productions include
I'm Black in Britain,
RespectRespect denotes both a positive feeling of esteem for a person or other entity , and also specific actions and conduct representative of that esteem. Respect can be a specific feeling of regard for the actual qualities of the one respected...
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Drumbeat and the award winning multicultural series
XpressXpress may refer to:Xpress , an award winning multi cultural entertainment series*Xpress, a regional passenger bus service provided by the Georgia Regional Transportation Authority in metropolitan Atlanta...
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As a photographer and artist Caesar has worked in
SpainSpain , officially the Kingdom of Spain , is a country located in southwestern Europe on the Iberian Peninsula.
[The Spanish constitution does not establish any official denomination of the country, even though España , Estado español and Nación española are used interchangeably...]
,
IndiaIndia, officially the Republic of India , is a country in South Asia. It is the seventh-largest country by geographical area, the second-most populous country, and the most populous democracy in the world. Bounded by the Indian Ocean on the south, the Arabian Sea on the west, and the Bay of Bengal...
,
South AmericaSouth America is the southern continent of the Americas, situated entirely in the Western Hemisphere and mostly in the Southern Hemisphere, with a relatively small portion in the Northern Hemisphere...
and
SwedenSweden , officially the Kingdom of Sweden , is a Nordic country on the Scandinavian Peninsula in Northern Europe...
and
DenmarkDenmark is a Scandinavian country in Northern Europe and the senior member of the Kingdom of Denmark. It is the southernmost of the Nordic countries; southwest of Sweden and south of Norway, and it is bordered to the south by Germany. Denmark borders both the Baltic and the North Sea...
,
South AfricaThe Republic of South Africa is a country located at the southern tip of Africa, with a coastline on the Atlantic and Indian Oceans. To the north lie Namibia, Botswana and Zimbabwe, to the east are Mozambique and Swaziland, while Lesotho is an independent country surrounded by South Africa.Modern...
,
AlbaniaAlbania , officially the Republic of Albania , is a Mediterranean country in South Eastern Europe. It is bordered by Montenegro to the north, Kosovo to the northeast, Macedonia to the east and Greece to the south-east...
and
JamaicaJamaica is an island nation of the Greater Antilles, in length and as much as in width, amounting to 11,100 km
2. It is situated in the Caribbean Sea, about south of Cuba, and west of Hispaniola, the island harboring the nation-states Haiti and the Dominican Republic...
. He has documented the artists, musicians, poets and politicians that he met and with whom he collaborated - including
Stevie WonderStevie Wonder is an American singer-songwriter, multi-instrumentalist, and record producer. Blind from birth, Wonder signed with Motown Records at the age of eleven, and continues to perform and record for the label. He has recorded more than thirty U.S...
,
ArchbishopIn Christianity, an archbishop is an elevated bishop. In many Christian Churches, this means that they lead a diocese of particular importance called an archdiocese, or in the Anglican Communion an Ecclesiastical Province, but this is not always the case. An archbishop is equivalent to a bishop in...
Desmond TutuDesmond Mpilo Tutu is a South African cleric and activist who rose to worldwide fame during the 1980s as an opponent of apartheid. In 1984, Tutu became the second South African to be awarded the Nobel Peace Prize...
Jesse JacksonJesse Louis Jackson, Sr. is an American civil rights activist and Baptist minister. He was a candidate for the Democratic presidential nomination in 1984 and 1988 and served as shadow senator for the District of Columbia from 1991 to 1997. He was the founder of both entities that merged to form...
and Paul Robeson Jr. These and other images acquired by Mappin Art Gallery Sheffield,
Wolverhampton Art GalleryWolverhampton Art Gallery is located in the City of Wolverhampton, in the West Midlands, United Kingdom. The building was funded and constructed by local contractor Philip Horsman , and built on land provided by the Council. It opened in May 1884....
and Birmingham Museum and Art Gallery represent important visual documents recording key figures in black British history.
Selected exhibitions include:
- "Pogus Caesar Paintings" Cartwright Hall
Cartwright Hall is the civic art gallery in Bradford, West Yorkshire, England, situated about a mile from the city centre in the Manningham district....
, BradfordBradford is a city and metropolitan borough in West Yorkshire, England. It is situated in the foothills of the Pennines, west of Leeds, and northwest of Wakefield. Bradford became a municipal borough in 1847, and received its charter as a city in 1897...
1985 Solo exhibition
- "Instamatic Views of New York" National Museum of Film and Photography,
BradfordBradford is a city and metropolitan borough in West Yorkshire, England. It is situated in the foothills of the Pennines, west of Leeds, and northwest of Wakefield. Bradford became a municipal borough in 1847, and received its charter as a city in 1897...
1986 Solo exhibition
- "Into The Open" Mappin Art Gallery, Sheffield 1984, (As Curator/Exhibitor) Group exhibition
- "Caribbean Expressions In Britain" The Leicestershire Museum and Art Gallery 1986 Central Museum and Art Gallery, Northampton 1986 Cartwright Hall, Bradford 1987 (As Curator/Exhibitor) Group exhibition
- "Break In The Seal
Break In The Seal is a photographic exhibition by two of the United Kingdom's most talented black artists: Pogus Caesar, born in St Kitts, and Vanley Burke from Jamaica. Both came to the United Kingdom from the West Indies as children...
" Herbert Art Gallery, CoventryCoventry is a city and metropolitan borough in the county of West Midlands in England. Coventry is the 9th largest city in England and the 11th largest in the United Kingdom. It is also the second largest city in the English Midlands, after Birmingham with a population of 300,848...
1988 Joint exhibition
- "Sharp Voices, Still Lives" Birmingham Museum and Art Gallery, 1990 Group exhibition
- "Vibes: The Roots of Urban Music" Herbert Art Gallery, Coventry 2004 / Birmingham Museum & Art Gallery
Birmingham Museum & Art Gallery is an art gallery in Birmingham, England. Opened in 1885, it has a collection of international importance covering fine art, ceramics, metalwork, jewellery, archaeology, ethnography, local history and industrial history.-Paintings:The Art Gallery is most noted for...
2005 Group exhibition
- "Burning Images - Revolution Through The Lens" The Drum, Birmingham
Birmingham is a city and metropolitan borough in the West Midlands county of England. Birmingham is the second-most populous British city, with a population of 1,006,500 ....
2005 Group exhibition
- "Handsworth Riots - Twenty Summers On
Handsworth Riots - Twenty Summers On is the name of an exhibition of photographs taken by Birmingham film maker and photographer Pogus Caesar during and in the wake of the Handsworth Riots, 9th - 11 September 1985....
" OOM GalleryOOM Gallery is located in Birmingham, England. It houses the extensive archives of multimedia artist Pogus Caesar. As a contemporary venue OOM Gallery displays photography, photomontages, films and has regular online exhibitions....
/ BBC Mailbox BirminghamBirmingham is a city and metropolitan borough in the West Midlands county of England. Birmingham is the second-most populous British city, with a population of 1,006,500 ....
2005 Solo exhibition
- "Muzik Kinda Sweet - Photographs 1985 - 2009" OOM Gallery
OOM Gallery is located in Birmingham, England. It houses the extensive archives of multimedia artist Pogus Caesar. As a contemporary venue OOM Gallery displays photography, photomontages, films and has regular online exhibitions....
BirminghamBirmingham is a city and metropolitan borough in the West Midlands county of England. Birmingham is the second-most populous British city, with a population of 1,006,500 ....
2005 Solo exhibition
- "From Jamaica Row - Rebirth of the Bullring" OOM Gallery
OOM Gallery is located in Birmingham, England. It houses the extensive archives of multimedia artist Pogus Caesar. As a contemporary venue OOM Gallery displays photography, photomontages, films and has regular online exhibitions....
BirminghamBirmingham is a city and metropolitan borough in the West Midlands county of England. Birmingham is the second-most populous British city, with a population of 1,006,500 ....
2006 Solo exhibition
- "Seeing Slavery" The Potteries Museum & Art Gallery Stoke - on - Trent 2007 Group exhibition
- "Religion, Slavery and Diaspora" Horniman Museum & Garden London
[]London is the capital of England and the United Kingdom. It has been a major settlement for two millennia, and the history of London goes back to its founding by the Romans, when it was named Londinium. London's core, the ancient City of London, the 'square mile', retains its medieval boundaries...
2007 Group exhibition
- "Trespassers Will Be Shot - Survivors Will Be Shot Again - Images of Joburg & Capetown" Friction Arts Birmingham
Birmingham is a city and metropolitan borough in the West Midlands county of England. Birmingham is the second-most populous British city, with a population of 1,006,500 ....
2007 Solo exhibition
- "The Art of Ideas, Birmingham
Birmingham is a city and metropolitan borough in the West Midlands county of England. Birmingham is the second-most populous British city, with a population of 1,006,500 ....
, UK 2008 Group exhibition
- "That Beautiful Thing" Wolverhampton Art Gallery
Wolverhampton Art Gallery is located in the City of Wolverhampton, in the West Midlands, United Kingdom. The building was funded and constructed by local contractor Philip Horsman , and built on land provided by the Council. It opened in May 1884....
WolverhamptonWolverhampton is a city and metropolitan borough of the West Midlands, England. In 2004, the local government district had an estimated population of 239,100; the wider Urban Area had a population of 251,462, which makes it the 13th most populous city in England.Historically a part of...
2008 Solo exhibition
- "That Beautiful Thing" Three White Walls Gallery
The Three White Walls Gallery is an art gallery located in The Mailbox in Birmingham, England.The gallery hosts a six week cycle of exhibitions by upcoming and established contemporary artists. Managed and curated by the nearby Artlounge, Three White Walls is conceived as a purely photographic...
BirminghamBirmingham is a city and metropolitan borough in the West Midlands county of England. Birmingham is the second-most populous British city, with a population of 1,006,500 ....
2008 Solo exhibition
- "From Jamaica Row - Rebirth of the Bullring" Kinetic AIU Birmingham
Birmingham is a city and metropolitan borough in the West Midlands county of England. Birmingham is the second-most populous British city, with a population of 1,006,500 ....
2008 - 09 Solo exhibition
- 'Muzik Kinda Sweet - Photographs 1985 - 2009" Fazeley Studios Birmingham
Birmingham is a city and metropolitan borough in the West Midlands county of England. Birmingham is the second-most populous British city, with a population of 1,006,500 ....
2009 Solo exhibition
- "Pattern Recognition" The City Gallery Leicester
Leicester is a city and unitary authority area in the East Midlands of England. It is the county town of Leicestershire. The city lies on the River Soar and at the edge of the National Forest...
2009 Group exhibition
- "Participation - The film and workshop movement 1979 - 1991" VIVID
Vivid may refer to:*The quality of having "lively" colors or of an imaging system having a wide color space*Vivid , the 1988 debut album by Living Colour...
BirminghamBirmingham is a city and metropolitan borough in the West Midlands county of England. Birmingham is the second-most populous British city, with a population of 1,006,500 ....
Exhibition and archive project 2009
Throughout the years Pogus Caesar has provided support and development for a host of educational and cultural initiatives throughout the city of
BirminghamBirmingham is a city and metropolitan borough in the West Midlands county of England. Birmingham is the second-most populous British city, with a population of 1,006,500 ....
and
The MidlandsThe English Midlands, or the Midlands is the traditional name for the area comprising central England that broadly corresponds to the early medieval Kingdom of Mercia. It borders Southern England, Northern England, East Anglia and Wales. Its largest city is Birmingham, and it was an important...
regions.
Caesar's photographs and extensive archives documenting Birmingham Black History is held in Birmingham Central Library Archives, Digital Handsworth and Connecting Histories. He has exhibited widely, his work held in public and private collections in the United Kingdom,
EuropeEurope is, by convention, one of the world's seven continents. Comprising the westernmost peninsula of Eurasia, Europe is generally divided from Asia to its east by the water divide of the Ural Mountains, the Ural River, the Caspian Sea, the Caucasus Mountains , and the Black Sea to the southeast...
and USA.
OOM GalleryOOM Gallery is located in Birmingham, England. It houses the extensive archives of multimedia artist Pogus Caesar. As a contemporary venue OOM Gallery displays photography, photomontages, films and has regular online exhibitions....
a
BirminghamBirmingham is a city and metropolitan borough in the West Midlands county of England. Birmingham is the second-most populous British city, with a population of 1,006,500 ....
based gallery represents Caesar's work worldwide. Their archives include Caesar's extensive photographic record of the
Handsworth riotsThe two Handsworth Riots occurred in the Handsworth suburb of Birmingham, England, during the summers of 1981 and 1985. The riots were allegedly caused by heavy-handed policing and drug-related problems in the suburb, fueled by a nationwide wave of uprisings in the wake of the April 1981 Brixton riot...
of 1985 and the redevelopment of the Birmingham
Bull RingBull ring may refer to:*The arena in which bullfighting takes place, see bullring,*The Bull Ring, a henge in England;*Bull Ring, Birmingham - a city-centre area of Birmingham, England;...
2000 - 2003.
OOM GalleryOOM Gallery is located in Birmingham, England. It houses the extensive archives of multimedia artist Pogus Caesar. As a contemporary venue OOM Gallery displays photography, photomontages, films and has regular online exhibitions....
also showcases limited edition photomontages, films and organises contemporary exhibitions. Caesar has lectured on media, photography and art related issues at Birmingham University and Wolverhampton University.
Images from OOM Gallery Archives have been used by BBC TV, Carlton TV,
Macmillan PublishersMacmillan Publishers Ltd, also known as The Macmillan Group, is a privately-held international publishing company owned by Georg von Holtzbrinck Publishing Group. It has offices in 41 countries worldwide and operates in more than thirty others....
, Outside Left Magazine,
University of WarwickThe University of Warwick is a British campus university located on the outskirts of Coventry, West Midlands, England. It was established in 1965 as part of a government initiative to expand access to higher education, and in 2000 Warwick Medical School was opened as part of an initiative to train...
, Birmingham Museum and Art Gallery, Wolverhampton University, Digital Handsworth,
Birmingham Central LibraryBirmingham Central Library is the main public library in Birmingham, England. The main section, containing the music library, collections, and Birmingham Reference Library is located on several floors over Paradise Circus, with the main entrance and lending library in a wing fronting Chamberlain...
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The History ChannelHistory, formerly known as The History Channel, is an international satellite and cable TV channel that broadcasts programs regarding historical events and persons, as well as various metaphysical, pseudoscientific, and paranormal phenomena—-often with observations and explanations by noted...
, Connecting Histories, Whats On Magazine,
Fused MagazineFused Magazine is an art, design, music and fashion magazine based in Birmingham, England and distributed throughout the United Kingdom.It is published bi-monthly and distributed through both free and paid-for channels...
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Teachers TVTeachers TV is a free-to-air television channel in the UK aimed towards people working in education. Although the channel is funded by the Department for Education and Skills it is editorially independent. The contract to operate the channel was won by Education Digital, a consortium of Brook...
, The Otolith Group, Birmingham City Archives,
Sunday MercurySunday Mercury is a Sunday newspaper published in Birmingham, UK. A tabloid, with a sensationalist streak, it is owned by Trinity Mirror and produced in the same newsroom as The Birmingham Post and The Birmingham Mail....
, Dollee.com IOnOne Magazine.
FACTThe Federation Against Copyright Theft is a trade organisation in the UK established to represent the interests of the its members in the film and broadcasting business on copyright and trademark issues. Established in 1983, FACT works with law enforcement agencies on copyright-infringement issues...
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Punch RecordsPunch Records is UK's premier Music & Arts development agency - It produces concerts, festivals, tours and innovative educational & outreach programmes for young people-History:...
Liverpool University PressLiverpool University Press, founded in 1899, is the third oldest university press in England ....
As presenter
- Here & Now (Central Television 1985-1989)
- I'm Black In Britain (Central Television 1993) - also Producer. 30 min documentary investigating racism in Britain.
- "Drumbeat" (Carlton Television) 1999 - also Series Editor. 6x60 min entertainment/current affairs series.
As series editor
- Drumbeat (Carlton Television 1999) - also Series Editor. 6 x 60 min entertainment / current affairs series
As producer / director
- An Eye On X
An Eye On X is a British short film by director and producer Pogus Caesar, about the extraordinary Birmingham micro sculptor Willard Wigan.The film follows Wigan's quest in carving two statues of American black activist Malcolm X to commemorate his visit to Smethwick, Birmingham in 1965. One figure...
Windrush Productions/Carlton Television/Arts Council of Great BritainThe Arts Council of Great Britain was a non-departmental public body dedicated to the promotion of the fine arts in Great Britain. The Arts Council of Great Britain was divided in 1994 to form the Arts Council of England , the Scottish Arts Council, and the Arts Council of Wales...
1995) Film on micro sculptor Willard Wigan
- "Aaliyah
Aaliyah Dana Haughton , who performed under the mononym Aaliyah , was an American recording artist, actress and model. She was born in Brooklyn, New York, and was raised in Detroit, Michigan. At an early age, she appeared on the television show Star Search and performed in concert alongside Gladys...
" Windrush Productions/Carlton Television 1995
- "Edwin Starr
Edwin Starr was an American soul music singer. Starr is most famous for his Norman Whitfield produced Motown singles of the 1970s, most notably the number one hit "War".-Career:...
" Windrush Productions/Carlton Television 1995
- Xpress
Xpress may refer to:Xpress , an award winning multi cultural entertainment series*Xpress, a regional passenger bus service provided by the Georgia Regional Transportation Authority in metropolitan Atlanta...
(Windrush Productions/Carlton Television) 1995) 12 x 30 min entertainment series
- Respect (Carlton 1995) 6 x 30min sports series / documentaries on Lennox Lewis
Lennox Claudius Lewis, CM, CBE is a retired boxer and former undisputed World heavyweight champion. He won gold for Canada at the 1988 Olympic Games as an amateur....
, Martin OffiahMartin "Chariots" Offiah MBE is an English former rugby league and, briefly, rugby union footballer of the 1980s, 90s and 2000s.He is also known as 'Chariots' Offiah after the film 'Chariots of Fire'...
, Judy SimpsonJudith Earline Veronica Simpson , is a former British heptathlete. She competed in three Commonwealth Games, 1982, 1986 and 1990, winning a silver, gold and bronze respectively in the heptathlon...
, Tony DaleyAnthony Mark Daley is an English former footballer, who made the vast majority of his appearances for Aston Villa, playing mainly as an out-and-out winger, known for his pace.-Playing career:...
, John RegisJohn Lyndon Regis MBE is a retired English athlete. He mainly competed in the 200 metres and was the first British athlete to run under 20 seconds for the distance. Regis still holds the UK record in this event. He also won two Olympic medals in relay races...
, Diana Bowles
- The A-Force (BBC 1997) 6 x 60 min entertainment series, ifestyle film of Jada Pinkett Smith
Jada Koren Pinkett-Smith is an American actress, producer, director, model, author, singer-songwriter and businesswoman. She began her career in 1990, when she made a guest appearance in the short-lived sitcom True Colors. Her success began to build when she starred in A Different World, produced...
, Dave Chapelle, John SingletonJohn Daniel Singleton is an American film director, screenwriter, and producer. A native of South Los Angeles, many of his films consider the implications of inner-city violence like the critically acclaimed and popular Boyz N the Hood, Poetic Justice, Higher Learning and Baby Boy...
, Isaac HayesIsaac Lee Hayes, Jr. was an American singer-songwriter, actor and musician. Hayes was one of the main creative forces behind southern soul music label Stax Records, where he served as both an in-house songwriter and producer with partner David Porter during the mid-1960s...
in CanadaCanada is a country occupying most of northern North America, extending from the Atlantic Ocean in the east to the Pacific Ocean in the west and northward into the Arctic Ocean...
, ifestyle film of Footballer George WeahGeorge Tawlon Manneh Oppong Ousman Weah is a Liberian politician and former football forward. He spent 14 years of his professional football career playing for clubs in France, Italy, and England, winning titles in two of the three countries...
in ItalyItaly , officially the Italian Republic , is a country located on the Italian Peninsula in Southern Europe and on the two largest islands in the Mediterranean Sea, Sicily and Sardinia. Italy shares its northern, Alpine boundary with France, Switzerland, Austria and Slovenia...
- The Way Forward
Ford Motor Company's restructuring plan, made public in 2006, is known as The Way Forward.Ford is attempting to reduce fixed capital costs while maintaining a special focus on cars and car-based crossover vehicles. Over time, it hopes to make more of its product line profitable instead of relying...
(Windrush/Birmingham Education Dept 1999)
As director / producer
- "Francesca's Key" (OOM Gallery/Isis Regeneration/MADE) 2007 Fantasy adventure film.
- Reflections
Reflections is a 1999 documentary film tracing the lives of three individuals who migrated to Britain from the West Indies in search of a better life.-Film:'Reflections' was filmed on location in St Kitts, Nevis and Birmingham, England...
Windrush Productions Millennium CommissionThe Millennium Commission in the United Kingdom was set up to aid communities at the end of the 2nd millennium and the start of the 3rd millennium. It used funding raised through the UK National Lottery....
1999 - also Producer.
- Forward Ever Backward Never (Windrush Productions 2002) commissioned by London based Artangel Interaction - located in Cuba
The Republic of Cuba is an island country in the Caribbean. It consists of the island of Cuba, the Isla de la Juventud, and several archipelagos. Havana is the largest city in Cuba and the country's capital. Santiago de Cuba is the second largest city. Cuba is home to over 11 million people and is...
, tragic love story set against the backdrop of 19th century slavery. Screened at Lumiere, London / UGC Cinema Arcadian, Birmingham / Midlands Arts Centre, Birmingham / Mead Gallery, Warwick Arts CentreWarwick Arts Centre is a multi-venue arts complex at the University of Warwick in Coventry, England. It is the largest arts centre in the Midlands, attracting around 280,000 visitors a year to over 2,000 individual events embracing music, drama, dance, comedy, literature, films and visual...
/ Unity Theatre, Liverpool.
- "Should Black Art Still Be Beautiful" 2006 - as Executive Producer
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