BFI-Funded Inclusive Cinema Project Tackles Racism With Toolkit Launch – Global Bulletin Variety 1/12/2021
The U.K.’s
Inclusive Cinema project has launched a guide for improving the cinema experiences of ethnically diverse audiences and staff a directive that challenges institutions to make good on their Black Lives Matter and anti-racism statements from 2020.
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The guide, titled “Dismantling Structural Inequality in Your Cinema,” was commissioned from artist and freelancer
Sadia Pineda Hameed, and is cited by its writer as “the last toolkit that cinemas should need.” The toolkit examines the role of cinemas in the context of systemic injustice and focuses on preventing harm towards people of color. From immediately actionable tools, to encouraging inner, reflective and dialogue-based work, towards undoing systemic injustice, the guide is intended to create lasting change for future generations, and sustain organizations in a meaningful way.