MARY WELLS TO TAKE PART IN ‘MEMORY IS A WEAPON’

Mary Wells will be one of the artists speaking on ‘Memory is a Weapon’, an international discussion this Friday, June 26, at 1:00pm Eastern Caribbean time, 12noon Jamaica time. She and others will discuss memory, what we have learned during Covid-19 and what they want the world to look like for women going forward.

Wells is an award-winning independent film Director/Writer and Producer. She was the first woman from Jamaica to do a feature narrative. Her debut film Kingston Paradise was awarded ‘Best Diaspora Feature’ in the Africa Movie Academy Awards 2014.

The Facebook Live link is: https://www.facebook.com/memoryisaweapon/?epa=SEARCH_BOX

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LATE PHOTOGRAPHER SANDRA GEORGE'S WORK ON SHOW IN SCOTLAND

The Glasgow School of Art Exhibition in Scotland will present the work of the late photographer Sandra George until June 30^th. Born to Jamaican parents, George spent the first seven years of her life here before migrating to Birmingham. Later she went to Edinburgh to live with her father.

Jamaican in Migrant Stories

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Joy Gregory Gets 2023 Freelands Award

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MARY WELLS TO TAKE PART IN ‘MEMORY IS A WEAPON’

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