So proud to be a winner of BBC Word’s First 2020! This film means a lot to me and it encapsulates my feelings about protest! Everyday we get the chance to break stereotypes and create new narratives. Here I go! Full film on Iplayer! @bbcarts@BBCiPlayer@YOUNGIDmcr@ContactMcr
Anti-woke people are truly the weakest people alive.
Wait until I tell them there's a loved adaptation of Hercules where Hades talks like a scummy lawyer, Zeus is good, and the story is told by black gospel singers, one of whom is thicc and gets some of the best lines.
“Nobody is coming to save you” but your day literally gets better after you consume art made by other people. You hang w friends & you’re no longer suicidal, even if just for a few minutes. They’re lying to you about the significance of community. People are saving you EVERYDAY!
Let this sink in: a foundational, key idea that Hitler developed in Mein Kampf, that eventually led to the emergence of Nazism (that some people come from inferior cultures and so can’t become properly German no matter what the law says) is now mainstream Western right wing lingo
bell hooks wrote, “Sometimes people try to destroy you, precisely because they recognize your power — not because they don’t see it, but because they see it and they don’t want it to exist.”
Tems bro, Imagine going from being a bank contract staff to getting a Wizkid feature then landing on a Drake album, and finally performing for Barack & Michelle Obama.
All in a space of 5 or 6 years. What a story!
Laughter is anti-inflammatory. Crying is regulating. Hugging is immunoprotective. Singing is vagal toning. Dancing is neurogenic.
Joy is a biological necessity.