Amber James, Black Apron Entertainment & English Touring Theatre announce short film series CHILDREN’S CHILDREN

Amber James, Black Apron Entertainment and English Touring Theatre have announced a series of five short films, Children’s Children, to celebrate Black History and will be available to watch from 24 February.

How much of our history do we carry? From the fields, across the waters and onto the streets; revolts become riots, rallies become tweets. This is the life. This is repeat. Uncovering texts from throughout history and the present day and presenting them for 2021, these films ask how much of the past remains in our present. 

The series rediscovers the voices of black activists, poets, artists and real working people, across a period of more than a century. We conclude in the modern day after hearing from Sojourner Truth, Una Marson, Stanley Crooke, Desmond Pierre and Still Shadey. 

The five pieces will be performed by Gershwyn Eustache Jnr, Amber James, Kayla Meikle, Sule Rimi, and Khai Shaw, as directed by Tristan Fynn-Aiduenu and Rikki Beadle-Blair.

Amber James said: “These films were born out of two things really - rage and love. We’ve come together to create a journey of films that honour where we’ve come from, whilst being real about where we’re at. Black History, it’s a living breathing thing. Their stories are our stories, and ours will be our children’s - and that is both beautiful and terrifying.” 

The full series is available to watch from Wednesday 24 February 2021 via YouTube here and Instagram here.

A behind the scenes trailer can be viewed below…