Tonight at Leeds Civic Hall, 7pm, End the Home Office Hostile Environment protest ft Richard Burgon MP Vicky Blake UCU @vickyblake.bsky.social Nashella Ashraf and more #StopTheFlight #Rwanda

#NECS2022 launch of a fantastic book project, Rethinking Film Festivals in the Pandemic Era with @antoinedamiens María Paz Peirano Skadi Loist @GerZielinski Aida Vallejo Zoom in for a preview of the beautiful cover (ft. Tilda!!)

Excellent group of so many new & seasoned colleagues working on #FilmFestivalResearch sharing their projects #necs2021 NECS and during the Workgroup meeting. María Paz Peirano @antoinedamiens @GerZielinski Rachel Johnson 🧡 @lucy_pizana Maja Korbecka Sebastián G. I. Maria Luna

"What is the word ‘Black’ in ‘Black Cultural Institutions’? Why does it seem like there are so few black-led arts organisations outside of London? What does it mean to operate within or without the mainstream?" The Stuart Hall Foundation asking all the right questions eventbrite.co.uk/e/reconstructi…

A little Monday excitement: my article on academic filmmaking, documentary production and forthcoming film, Maka, is out and #openaccess with The_Italianist 🎉 Watch this space for more news of @simonebrioni's fab special issue on the film tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.10…

Out of office emails are always like HELLO I am DEAD. I will RISE from the ASHES like a PHOENIX on MONDAY August FIFTEENTH at 8:00 AM in the MORNING. If you need to contact me, NO YOU DON'T. In case of emergency, please reach out to NANCY who is NOT HELPFUL.

New book Friday w/ Olúfẹ́mi O. Táíwò and News From Nowhere

Shout out to #Leeds and West Yorkshire for having the highest number of Don't Pay. activists signed up outside London. From 1 October, when energy bills go up we might just ... not pay them 🤷‍♀️

Lesbian Money

We're delighted to announce the full line-up of films and events for our collaboration with the Films Femmes Afrique Festival in Senegal! Women Creators of the Future celebrates films by and about African women - from 10-16 November as part of LIFF 2022: bit.ly/3CtOhmY.

#CallForPapers Join the 20th NECS Graduate Workshop "Festival Cultures: New Ways to Study Networks, Circulation & Canon Production" Filmuniversität organized by @lucy_pizana & Maja Korbecka 14-15 Feb 2023 (right before Berlinale) DL: 1 Nov 2022. necs.org/news#/node/123…

Just 10 days left to join our #HallDesFemmes! Share ur name when u donate & we'll 😽 celebrate 😽you on our new site. Join our fabulous friends des Femmes inc. @kalifilms Sam McBean Rachel Johnson 🧡 @brrich1 Chambers/Zalcock Hannah Hamad @CBradburyRance clubdesfemmes.com/about-us/hall-…

Making my triannual visit to Twitter to share industrial action news - here at University of Leeds we're on indefinite strike. Yes, indefinite. Why? Because we're having 100% of our pay docked for boycotting about 10% of our workload (if it sounds unfair, it's because it is...)

Solidarity with colleagues at UEA facing the threat of compulsory redundancy. You can still sign the petition opposing it here chng.it/gfmHvkFVw2

CfP: AFRICAN REALISMS & RELATED FORMS. Abstracts due by 20 August for this hybrid symposium at University of Southampton!

Amazing resource from @ChraOsun - chra.bard.edu/resource/throu… I still cite Faustin Linyekula's 'Of Ruins and Responsibility' talk whenever possible - transformative